Ever since i started developing web sites, Internet Explorer has been the single biggest pain in the backside i have ever encountered. Microsoft’s web browser is insecure, not fully compliant with the W3C web standards and just lives a complete life of its own. All of the popular free browsers available are adhering to the same standard platforms, Internet Explorer uses its own illogical way of thinking. Obviously Microsoft think they are better than the rest, being that they could have easily adopted an open source platform that runs inline with today’s web standards and saved themselves a lot of embarrassment (like ending up on the news for security issues). Anyway there’s my rant, here are the 10 reasons i would advise anyone to stop using Internet Explorer.

Security - Do you want to enter your passwords into a browser that’s constantly in the media for being insecure?

Quality - IE does not render web pages correctly so you cannot get the best out of the web

Compatibility - IE is for Windows only (surprise surprise) so if your on a Mac or Linux machine it wont work

Extendability - You cannot personalize Internet explorer or use ad-dons like you can with Firefox or Chrome

Its Microsoft! - Microsoft is a money driven business without your surfing experience in mind, other browser developers are free, open source and built for your enjoyment and usability.

Its Slow – Internet Explorer isn’t optimized for the latest technology, other browsers are so they are much faster.

Upgrades - Internet Explorer isn’t developed at anywhere near the same rate as its free alternatives.

Be nice to developers – Because Internet Explorer isn’t up to date, coders and web designers are constantly having to keep up with its bugs. We are actually backwards coding sites just for internet explorer which causes a lot of needless work.

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As usual, this post is open to debate so if you would like to stand up for IE feel free to comment!