R.I.P. Internet Explorer

Microsoft Internet Explorer was declared dead by Microsoft a while back - and has been so by many designers as well. Twisted Intellect actually looks fairly good in IE/Mac, but that is simply due to the simplicity of the design, and the way I built the code.

Now, even if you want to cross-check your site in IE/Mac, you'd have a hard time doing so, as Microsoft has taken it off its servers, and it is no longer a part of OS X.

The state of IE/Mac

So, how are things going for Internet Explorer? Do people use it? Do people design for it? Let's have a look-see...

Microsoft has not only abandoned the software, but even MSN.com looks horrid in the browser. Microsoft.com doesn’t look too good either, but that one looks as bad in any browser...

Even Shaun Inman seems to have given up on Internet Explorer - which leaves something of a visual train-wreck... But hey! Best way to kill it, eh?

A displaced sidebar, jumpy headlines and some other glitches is what awaits IE/Mac users at Cameron Moll’s Authentic Boredom.

Wolfgang Bartelme does seem to have tried to make it, at least usable in IE, but there are some very nasty glitches indeed. Yet another nail in the coffin...

The final nail in the coffin, however, comes from Khoi Vinh, and the New York Times’ website. When I saw this, I decided that I might as well delete IE from my Mac, had it not been for the fact that I would have a heck of a time finding it again, If I ever changed my mind... :P