Comments on: What browser do you use and why? http://www.bigforkweb.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/08/01/what-browser-do-you-use-and-why/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jana - Project Manager http://www.bigforkweb.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/08/01/what-browser-do-you-use-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jana - Project Manager Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:51:18 +0000 http://www.bigforkweb.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/08/01/what-browser-do-you-use-and-why/#comment-9 An afterthought: in spite of my continued use of Internet Explorer and my apparent reticence to change, I must encourage and implore my fellow web users to at least be forward thinking enough to upgrade! Because most things on the Web are being built for viewing in either IE7 or Firefox ... please at least be using the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx">latest IE upgrade </a>to view all the good things on the web properly! An afterthought: in spite of my continued use of Internet Explorer and my apparent reticence to change, I must encourage and implore my fellow web users to at least be forward thinking enough to upgrade! Because most things on the Web are being built for viewing in either IE7 or Firefox … please at least be using the latest IE upgrade to view all the good things on the web properly!

]]> By: Jana http://www.bigforkweb.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/08/01/what-browser-do-you-use-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jana Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:25:38 +0000 http://www.bigforkweb.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/08/01/what-browser-do-you-use-and-why/#comment-6 Apparently an oddity in the world of Web Development, I still use Internet Explorer (Version 7) as my default browser. There are 3 main reasons for this, some more noble than others. 1. Most of my clients (I would guess 80%) use Internet Explorer, and I like to be sure that I see what they are seeing. This is helpful if they need assistance over the phone. 2. I hate change. Not the greatest attribute when you work in a technology driven field, I admit, but its the honest truth. I just started drinking the Microsoft Kool-Aid from the first day I got a PC and haven't stopped. I'm a creature of patterned behaviors and habits and despite all the developers here telling me what I'm missing out on with my good old IE, I dig my heels in the sand. 3. Checks and balances. Everyone here at BWD uses something a bit different, which is a tremendous help when we are launching a new website or reviewing big changes to an existing one. We can look at that website in every platform and browser imaginable to be sure that it works right and looks good for everyone. My reasons for using my IE browser are not driven by features like Carrie's are, but by benefits to my clients... as well as my own stubborn behavior :) Apparently an oddity in the world of Web Development, I still use Internet Explorer (Version 7) as my default browser. There are 3 main reasons for this, some more noble than others.

1. Most of my clients (I would guess 80%) use Internet Explorer, and I like to be sure that I see what they are seeing. This is helpful if they need assistance over the phone.

2. I hate change. Not the greatest attribute when you work in a technology driven field, I admit, but its the honest truth. I just started drinking the Microsoft Kool-Aid from the first day I got a PC and haven’t stopped. I’m a creature of patterned behaviors and habits and despite all the developers here telling me what I’m missing out on with my good old IE, I dig my heels in the sand.

3. Checks and balances. Everyone here at BWD uses something a bit different, which is a tremendous help when we are launching a new website or reviewing big changes to an existing one. We can look at that website in every platform and browser imaginable to be sure that it works right and looks good for everyone.

My reasons for using my IE browser are not driven by features like Carrie’s are, but by benefits to my clients… as well as my own stubborn behavior :)

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