Microsoft Won’t go Webkit. The World Must Act!

A bit of disappointing news this weekend.

Having to design sites that work nicely across all browsers is indeed a bitch. I’m constantly reminded of this fact as I finish putting a page, satisfied that it looks right on Firefox and Opera. After hours of coding and recoding so that everything will be pixel perfect, I am brought back down to earth and on to my knees by the guy next to me who invariably says: “Have you tested it on IE?”

The next sequence of events is one that is probably familiar to developers all around the world who struggle to come to terms with the buggy rendering engine. IE7 (dare I say it?) has actually fixed some of these issues and made IE somewhat easier to work with.

Unfortunately there are still some discrepancies that could be fixed if they went on board with Webkit.

Having been exposed to webkit somewhat while developing for the iPhone, I must say that it’s extremely robust and a joy to work with.

Maybe it will take a concerted step by developers the world over to discourage users who insist on using IE and get them on to some of the alternatives. That way Microsoft will be forced into the fold. It certainly looks like they won’t be obliging us with a WebKit based browser if people ask nicely, and IE users the world over are complicit in the ridiculousness of their persisting with using their flawed engine.

Besides, who’s ever heard of a bloodless revolution?

via Techcrunch