Excitement! Disappointment!
So I was getting ready to watch a TV show last night and I was quite excited because I actually remembered that it was on – before it was on. 2 minutes to showtime. I turn to the appropriate channel. What?! The show has already started… Very strange… Very strange indeed.
Then the end credits come on. Enter disappointment. I missed the show.
After I accepted the fact that I had missed the show by about 58 minutes, I realized something: this roller coaster of emotion is very similar to a certain situation in web development. If you’re familiar with the inner workings of the web, you probably know what I’m talking about. It’s a little gem known as Internet Explorer.
You see, when I’m nearing the completion of XHTML /CSS template I get very excited about my accomplishment. All the pieces are falling into place and my code is clean and effective. Then I check the layout in Internet Explorer. Enter disappointment.
I’m not going to go into any more detail about my thoughts on Internet Explorer – at least not right now – but I will direct you to a little movement known as
IE Death March
.
And just for good measure, here’s a few good (aka real) browsers:
Firefox
,
Opera
,
Safari
.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments!
Eli Dupuis
Developer
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Questions & Answers
Favorite childhood toy?
Ghetto lego
Guilty pleasure?
Gin. With a lemon, not a lime.
Where you’ve been in the world?
NZ, Cuba, Yellowknife.
Skill(s) you hope to one day acquire?
real life undo functionality
Favourite colour?
Orange
Pet peeves?
Televised poker, trucks with spoilers, and smelling fast food restaurants before you can see them
Favorite meal to eat out?
Oodle noodle
Best place to be inspired?
On top of a mountain