I recently made a xenforo skin that was compatible back to ie 6 lol..it took a lot of work....that being said...outside of specific things built on M$ tech that require the IE browser to function (no business needs for me...but what I do have to deal with is that IE is pretty much required for windows X.X.X to run)....for years now...I have not and I will never visit anything on the internet again using IE....other than firefox.com which is the first thing I do concerning the internet once I have a fresh install of windows installed in order to replace my default browser and finish up the final settings to my OS environment.
Windows will always be my primary OS no matter how much I pick up working with linux but like I have said for years now, other than xbox live they should stay off our internet, and while they are at it and while I am speaking of xbox...they should stop changing windows (windows 8) to look like the updated xbox dashboard interface and give me my old damn windows shell back, I like the idea of them embracing their name windows by changing their logo but with that they should also use the meaning of their name more.
My personal (yet public note to Microsoft)
A window is a means to advance communicate or see outside of the box. Please stop making my Windows Shell look and feel like a Walled Prison. In fact while you are at that they should add the functionality built into windows for a admin level access user to properly modify the windows shell and/or build their own. These are things that will be useful, you will make money, people building products and services based on these modifications will be making money, users of all walks and skill levels will be happy and even your new Win8 style environment's layout will have a place to live and grow in this idea. You have had plenty of years on the top and have made plenty of money, now it is time to start listening to people again Microsoft. Make what you have right before you go in too many more directions, I don't want to be forced to fully learn a new OS because I am quite comfortable with everything up to Win7 and you are trying to change they way I think and work. You can't add some social networking features which I don't want in my OS which I DO NOT WANT and remove my start bar and expect nothing to happen.
It is time to gut and rebuild, keep what worked, dump the waste and split up what should be split. Money should not be the issue here, you are Microsoft, you will remain as one of the bigs....please do right by all of the people that support your products from people with open arms to the ones who must begrudgingly deal.... and just raise the blinds already, it's hard to see myself supporting your company how I have since I can remember to much into the future when you expect me to be isolated in a box.
They are headed in the right direction!
