World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7

If your dumb enough to use IE7 then you will have to pay for the privilege


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18440979

[pete_1967]

Let's hope it becomes more popular, and double that for any older versions.

[Adunaic]

Originally Posted by pete_1967

Let's hope it becomes more popular, and double that for any older versions.

I hope they do. They certainly could as the tax is 0.1% per month since it was released.

[DBelton]

Anybody that has written websites has run into all of the very same issues with having to write the page to display correctly when using a browser that isn't compliant with the standards (Yes, I am referring to Internet Explorer)

Now IF I were dumb enough to use a POS browser like IE7, and IF I went to a site that wanted to add on a surcharge for using it, I would take my business elsewhere. (The article stated that not many were choosing to pay the surcharge, but they think that people are upgrading. I'll bet more people are just leaving and not purchasing anything, instead)

[droidhacker]

It doesn't go far enough. They should charge extra for anyone whose user agent identifies an MS OS.