An Open Letter to IE5.0 and Mac IE5.2

Dear IE5.0 and Mac IE5.2,

I hate you with a passion formerly reserved only for Netscape 4. I would greatly appreciate it if you and your CSS-mangling ways would stop ruining my afternoon.

Thank you.

3 Ripples from “An Open Letter to IE5.0 and Mac IE5.2”

Darren says:

December 7, 2005 at 8:12 pm

I hate IE so much that my new site redesign is built around a three-column table.  There are only so many hours one can spend screaming profanity at floating divs.

zalm says:

December 7, 2005 at 9:13 pm

I feel even worse when someone’s paying me to scream the profanity.  I got the IE 5.0 issue squared away, but now Netscape 6.2 is acting up. 

Some days I miss tables.

I noticed your redesign yesterday.  Very, very nice. 

I sent you an email with a screenshot of a slight Firefox glitch and a CSS suggestion, but they really only amount to a slight polish on something already quite elegant.

opus says:

December 10, 2005 at 12:12 pm

I am far too familiar with these cursed browsers.  To the point where I’ve just stopped caring about IE5 (on Mac and Windows).  IE6 gives me enough of a headache.  I’ve learned that it’s best to the design for those browser that adhere closest to standards - namely Firefox and Safari - and then go back and add any IE-specific tweaks as necessary.

BTW, have you looked at Position Is Everything?  I believe they have some tutorials on how to successfully achieve 3-column layouts that work nicely in any browser.  “In Search Of The One True Layout might be what you’re looking for.
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