It’s a great idea, and fun to design for Internet Explorer 9. HTML 5 ready to go.

Until you realize IE9 won’t run on Windows XP at all – and 55% of PCs still use Windows XP. There goes the fun. As a web designer it’s fun to push the limits and see what can be created, but a website which is can’t be seen on 55% of computers doesn’t serve the owner -unless they have the budget to allow you to create the various versions/hacks for backward compatibility.

Microsoft still has a huge share of the browser market with 56+%, but it’s down from 68+%. FireFox is next at 21+%…used to love that browser, but all the add-ons have often become more trouble than worth trying to track  down the trouble spot.

Nice to hear Microsoft is advocating users stop using Internet Explorer 6 – this is the most troublesome browser to gain compatibility. It requires it’s own style-sheet just to get it near the original design and functionality. RIP IE6!