Take Back The Web
A week or so ago, a fellow blogger brought to my attention that my sidebar content is down at the bottom of the page. She asked if I was playing with my template, and I said no. Then I did a little test: I viewed my blog in Microsoft Internet Explorer, hereinto referred to as IE. (This is also convenient, because you can make up phrases like Inherent Evil and Incompetent Exploring to go with the abbreviation).
I told my buddy that it was an IE thing, and suggested she use Firefox.
Then the other day I saw a different blogger write about her site looking all wonky, and that she didn't want to post anything when her blog looked such a mess. I left a comment explaining that it looked perfect in Firefox. Then I explained that Microsoft has added extensions to the HTML used in pages created by their software, FrontPage. These extensions do NOT meet the accepted world wide web standard. The result is that perfectly fine pages not created with FrontPage look all whacked in IE. I thank Allan for explaining that to me, and I hope I got it right here.
This morning I was thinking about this, and checked my stats to see what browsers people are using. I use the free version of StatCounter, and I can see details for the last 100 pageloads.
Of my last 100 visitors, 69 are using some version of IE. 26 people visited using some version of Firefox. Four Mac users out there stopped by with Safari 1.2. One lonely Netscape user came to my blog via a search for Black Eyed Peace.
Now, here's a question for you, dear readers: which browser are you using? How does my blog look to you? A screenshot of what it should look like appears below the fold. (I have IE 6.0, and will not upgrade to 7.0. However, 15 of those 69 IE users have 7.0 -- I wonder if it makes a difference?)
And here's another question: If you're using IE, why? Please give Firefox a try. You'll be glad you did.
Edit: This may also be a Typepad and Blogger issue. But really, get Firefox.
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