Even though the amount of IE users is still greater than users of any other Browser, that number decreases daily as more and more surfer learn just how inadequate it is, and just how much better browsers like Mozilla's Firefox is.  New Internet proxies are changing the way developers do things on the net, meaning easier, and easier to control a lot more content.  However, Microsoft is still showing it's arrogance in this area, but that's about to change.

Mozilla, makers of the excellent Firefox browser are current creating a plugin that will make IE submit to HTML5 Canvas.  Meaning, sites like the one you are currently reading and many more will be shown to you the way the designer intended you to see it.  Microsoft has been bucking this move, asking developers to change their websites to work with IE7 -8 and 6.  We're unwilling to do this simply due to the existence of Firefox, Safari and Opera, all web Browser that can handle the webs new technologies.  

Developers are confident that users will eventually give any of these new Browsers a try, and discover just how much better they are.  But Mozilla isn't waiting. 

From arstechnica:

 

Most browser implementors are quick to adopt emerging Internet technologies, but Microsoft can't or won't make Internet Explorer a modern web browser. Despite some positive steps in the right direction, Internet Explorer still lacks many important features. Its mediocrity has arguably hampered the evolution of the web and forced many site designers to depend on suboptimal proprietary solutions. 

IE's shortcomings won't hold back the Internet for much longer, however, because Mozilla plans to drag IE into the next generation of open web technologies without Microsoft's help. One of the first steps towards achieving this goal is a new experimental plugin that adapts Mozilla's implementation of the HTML5 Canvas element so that it can be used in Internet Explorer. 

The Canvas element allows web developers to programmatically render interactive bitmap images in HTML content. It was invented by Apple to bring richer graphical capabilities to the company's WebKit renderer. The Canvas functionality eventually became part of the HTML5 standard and has been implemented in both Gecko and Presto. Canvas is used extensively in several popular web applications, including Google Maps, but it hasn't gained widespread acceptance because it isn't available in Internet Explorer.

This is truly good news for those who wish to use IE, or those not-so-tech savvy that they shy away from what's provided with a purchased computer or OS.  Users will be able to use and view the internet the way it's intended, not the way Microsoft wants you to. 

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