Re: IE 6 - Opinions?

Speaking strictly as a user, I can't tell any difference between it and the
older version that I had.

Dusty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles A Upsdell" <cupsdell(at)upsdell.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Cc: "Adrian Harris" <adrian(at)gn.apc.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: IE 6 - Opinions?


> Adrian:
>
> I will speak from two perspectives:  as a user, and as a designer.
>
> As a user, I find IE6 more flaky than the latest version of 5.5:  IE craps
> out more often than 5.5, and exhibits some clear bugs.  Hopefully the
> upcoming service pack will fix most of this.  Check my weekly newsletter,
> the Browser News, to find out when it becomes available.
>
> As a designer, I always specify a DOCTYPE, which (as you know) makes IE6
> apply the standards more strictly.  This has not been a problem for me, as
> I have always coded for the standards, and I have been testing my sites
> with Mozilla (which is likewise very strict) for over two years.  I do get
> a bit frustrated sometimes, however, because in some ways IE6 does not
> comply with standards as well as Mozilla does:  IE6 is my main browser,
but
> I have to flip to Mozilla fairly often to test things which today work
> properly only with Mozilla.
>
> []  HTH, Chuck Upsdell
>
> At 02:43 PM 06/27/02, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've just downloaded IE 6 and wondered what opinions folk had about it.
> >Reports I've read are promising - good support for standards and nothing
to
> >scary as far as older code is concerned as long as your doctypes are up
to
> >scratch.
> >Hotwired and CNET both have reviews.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Adrian
>
> -
> Chuck Upsdell
> Email:     cupsdell(at)upsdell.com
> Website:   http://www.upsdell.com/
>
>

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