>There's not really much of a difference between the web today and the "Best viewed in IE" web
This is a shallow comment. IE was closed-source, cornered the market and then abandoned all development. They stalled the web for years.
Today all browser vendors are active in the standardization process, open or nearly open source, and collaborate heavily to implement the same features.
Any feature that "only works in X browser" is a result of one browser implementing a feature first, rather than the result of a browser monopoly. For instance prefers-color-scheme was introduced by Safari, than Firefox, and next to-be Chrome.
So yes, for a period of one to two months a site might have "worked best in Safari" as a result of this feature adoption. But drawing a parallel to a web dominated by IE6 is completely ignoring all context of the situation. It shows a complete misunderstanding of how the web has evolved.
This is a shallow comment. IE was closed-source, cornered the market and then abandoned all development. They stalled the web for years.
Today all browser vendors are active in the standardization process, open or nearly open source, and collaborate heavily to implement the same features.
Any feature that "only works in X browser" is a result of one browser implementing a feature first, rather than the result of a browser monopoly. For instance prefers-color-scheme was introduced by Safari, than Firefox, and next to-be Chrome.
So yes, for a period of one to two months a site might have "worked best in Safari" as a result of this feature adoption. But drawing a parallel to a web dominated by IE6 is completely ignoring all context of the situation. It shows a complete misunderstanding of how the web has evolved.