IE, My Job Security
I heard it again today. Another story of a brother in arms, who in waging war against the world wide web, lost a battle against IE. His website was reduced to shreds as soon as a coworker (who will remain nameless) “logged on” to the site via Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 - and then it broke.
I kind of arrogantly smirked and thought to myself from atop my high horse (in a British accent of course), “hmhmhm yes well ducky, that is exactly what we know-onions are for”. And then it hit me… right off of my trusty steed, the only reason I had a job was because IE sucked so bad. If there truly was a magical, all-in-one, you slice and we dice web application out there that rendered pixel perfect layouts across every single browser… or, I presume, if IE actually worked like it was suppose to… then for the most part I would be out of a job.
So here’s to you Explorer, for the countless hours I bill towards clients in attempting to get my Safari-Firefox-Opera compatible CSS document to fit your awkward body, like a fat guy in a little coat.
I thank you, my family thanks you, without you we would have no bread tonight.
