IE market share is so high, why developers do not prioritize ie?

Source: Internet
Author: User
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Tags browser business business logic debugger debugging developers development development tools

It's time for Microsoft/ie to wash the ground, but before washing the ground to answer the question why the priority is not suitable for IE.

This is related to developers using the development tools, because the chrome Debugger powerful, the interface is comfortable, so in recent years, more and more developers use Chrome for major development debugging, because in the front-end development in addition to compatibility issues, there are many such as business logic problems, These issues may not be very different for IE 6 and Chrome 40来. Firefox + Firebug is also a popular match before Chrome.

So since developers do not use IE to do development debugging, nature is not a priority for IE. but to give up the situation of the adaptation of IE (8+) for the general consumer site is still very rare, and after IE 9+ Basic will not have too many compatibility issues, unless using some relatively new technology, just IE has a bug Or developers just write webkit prefixes for feelings.

But the mobile phone side IE's situation is relatively bleak ... On the one hand, the share is really not big, on the other hand is mentioned above, some write WebKit prefix developers (technically speaking, this is not the best practice).

Next wash the land.

IE 6 is a very good browser in its era, 2001 years of Browser, to 2013 years to meet the vast majority of the Internet demand, through the technology of more than 10 years ago to achieve a variety of effects, although the development costs increased, but have to admire Microsoft in that era gave IE 6 so many possibilities.

The next thing we all know,,, IE 7 do not send, ie 8 progress, but not until IE 9 completely reborn, and into a possible change in the WEB technology, hardware acceleration. IE 10/11 catches up with the pace of modern browsers. In addition, there are a lot of interesting private things in IE 10+, but it is estimated that many front ends have no chance and interest to see.

But why is Microsoft letting IE 6 stall? I think it's still a strategic mistake and Microsoft may not have enough confidence in how the WEB has grown so much over the years. But Google is different, it is relying on this to eat, to do everything possible to open up such a market. But at this level, it is hard to say whether Microsoft has made a mistake, after all, the right decision does not necessarily have the desired result.

On the other end, those companies that use WEB technology, especially in previous years, when the foreign IE 6 share has dropped to very limited time, there are still 25% in China (the last two years have come down), who is the problem? The popular argument is that there are too many pirated copies of Windows Update, but I think domestic companies are also key to the connivance of users. If the user is prompted to upgrade the browser early on, perhaps IE 6 may also die early.

Finally spit out IE ... Less bugs are good,,, especially transitions related ...

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