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Internet Explorer not the best and no longer dominant
I took a look at my web stats today for this site. The results are quite encouraging in that, for the last month, Internet Explorer accounted for just under 50% of all visits to my site.
For the uninitiated, that is big news to a web developer because IE is, well, awful to develop for. Basically, we have to develop for all of the standards compliant and up to date browsers and then figure out how to work around IE's brokenness.
Of course, IE7 is a significant improvement over the long neglected and horribly outdated IE6, but not nearly as good as just about every other major browser including Firefox, Safari, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany, and now, Google's Chrome.
Anyway, to all of you who have seen the light, thanks. You just made my day.
To the 10% of you still using Internet Explorer 6, please do your part to make the world a better place. Upgrade your browser.
Don't like Firefox?
While I am a little bummed to hear that you want to bow out of the content part of the site, I really like that you gave Opera a shout out.
I wish I could help you out with your site, but as someone that is using the site as a resource to get up to speed in woodworking, my wealth of experience is...somewhat lacking.
I feel sure, however, that you will find someone capable.
All the best,
Glenn
Glenn,
I'm glad you like the site.
Opera is indeed a great browser.
Over the coming months, I am going to take a look at making UnpluggedShop more of a community site. I don't have any firm plans yet, so we will see what happens. I am thinking along the lines of allowing people to contribute content in their own "private" pages or space where they have control over the content but are able to get more visibility for their stuff through a shared interface and also do less fussing with the technology to make it happen.
Luke