Yostivanich

You had your chance, Microsoft, and you blew it. There are enough browser mak­ers now that care about the user expe­ri­ence, that care about the devel­oper expe­ri­ence, and that real­ize what’s impor­tant in this com­mu­nity. Even if you did every­thing right from now on, there’s no amount of pro­mo­tion, brand­ing, or mock integrity that can change how devel­op­ers per­ceive your prod­ucts. It’s too late.

via Impres­sive Webs – Dear Microsoft, You Missed the Boat. It’s sad but in nine years the web design com­mu­nity has turned from being enthralled with IE to want­ing it to wither away and dis­ap­pear. It prob­a­bly doesn’t help that most of the web devel­op­ment crowd has turned to the Mac and Microsoft decided long ago to turn it’s back on IE for the Mac, thus rel­e­gat­ing it to a chore to test new designs or features.