Leaving the cheesy stuff out, I think it would be a good idea if people would have a short but healthy comparison between the major browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari) coming from a front-end developer who won’t make funny statements but explain the truth. Along with that page fader and the ajax content loader (a custom page) that back-end developers could integrate in their products, it would be enough to start a massive campaign against the old and really crappy browsers.

I’m not a good front-end developer so just as the graphic below states, if I HAVE TO work on the front-end and I fail with CSS, I just go back to the sleazy tables. I just don’t have the energy to go in-depth and find out the details of what I’m doing wrong and how to fix it because this is mostly a hobby to me. However, I would enjoy spending some energy promoting the browser comparison while encouraging people to (at least) upgrade their browsers. Can you help?

Time Breakdown of Modern Web Design:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/172883694_4f72df1a70.jpg

- never needed a better/faster one;

OR can’t buy a new computer but still have to:
- buy food, clothes etc;
- document for work, school etc;
- keep in touch with relatives, friends etc;
… and so on

The point is people have various needs and the computer is mostly a tool, that sometimes doesn’t require too much attention or at all, unless it’s broken. I agree with supporting IE6 FOR extra cash. Website owners have to know as a fact that it’s OK to want a cool website that’s “smart” enough to do many things, but the old browsers are far from cool and they simply need special attention. That translates into time, which also needs to be translated in money. Right?

Just saying.

We make websites for “regular people”, not for us. If they don’t know the difference between Firefox and Google what will they think when they find our website all “wrong-looking”?

Cheers