I really thought web development had moved on from this sort of thing…

August 24, 2004

I was told to use IE when trying to visit a govt website today. Firefox and Safari users are told to use IE instead.

A colleague questioned the site’s creators on this method and was told due to accessibility reasons it was best to use IE. Isn’t that sort of philosophy completely against the entire notion of accessibility? Since when did accessibility mean using only one browser and since when was IE considered an accessible browser?

It is good code and good design that ensures a site is accessible not what browser you use!

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