I see it all the time, various “made for the Web” applications that will not run in anything but Internet Explorer. And while this is often times due to reliance on ActiveX, in some other instances, it is a simple matter that the only browser it was tested with was indeed, various forms of Internet Explorer.

For the love of Pete, wake up people. Despite us still living in a Windows world, we by no means live in one run exclusively by the always tired Internet Explorer. Nearly every Windows user I know is using either Firefox or Opera. Those Windows users still working with IE are doing so either because that is what the company policy dictates its use or their machines at home came installed with it.

All of this said, I have no problem with using IE as part of a bigger picture. I can even see the value of using it for consistency in the work place with regard to PC system policy. Still, I would also love to see some new blood in on corporate PCs. I do not care if it means using Jim-Bob’s Browser Surpreme (I made that one up), just stop putting all of your tokens into such a limited browser! Let’s expand our horizons a little, shall we?