You've probably come here from one of our browser compatibility warning notices, and are quite possibly wondering why Internet Explorer is considered an out of date browser by us.
Well, we consider it out of date because it is out of date. It's 7 years old. These days with technology, you don't use things that old.
We wish to make use of standardised technologies which would make your browsing experience more pleasant, without having to employ workarounds just so that the one major browser which cannot cope with them (Internet Explorer) can accept them. Even then, though, these workarounds are not perfect; sometimes they make the page so much bigger, and they always add extra complexity to us.
There are also other Internet Explorer-only problems in the new XHTML 1.0 Strict compliant version of the site, such as the inactive scrollbar on the ads, which cannot be worked around, but are only a problem in this single browser.
Internet Explorer can't even load the XHTML 1.1 site, and thus prevents MathML from working (which
https://neothermic.com uses in places)
To make things worse the new version, Internet Explorer 7, is not due for release until 2006, and will still not be fully standards compliant. That's also not accounting for the fact that other browsers will likely have advanced greatly by then.
So why should you care? Simple:
https://neothermic.com will most likely always look worse in Internet Explorer than in the alternatives listed at the bottom of this page. This new version of
https://neothermic.com has taken a lot of effort to make it standards compliant, and our efforts are not fully displayed in Internet Explorer.
It is also a good idea generally not to use Internet Explorer for security reasons - many pieces of spyware and viruses install themselves stealthily via security holes in Internet Explorer, of which there are many.
Finally alternative browsers are often more powerful - all of the alternatives listed below have built-in RSS feed monitoring and tabbed browsing (an extremely useful feature once you get used to it), along with many more options.
NeoThermic
Text obtained, with permission from AllAboutGames.co.uk
You've probably come here from one of our browser compatibility warning notices, and are quite possibly wondering why Internet Explorer is considered an out of date browser by us.
Well, we consider it out of date because it is out of date. It's 7 years old. These days with technology, you don't use things that old.
We wish to make use of standardised technologies which would make your browsing experience more pleasant, without having to employ workarounds just so that the one major browser which cannot cope with them (Internet Explorer) can accept them. Even then, though, these workarounds are not perfect; sometimes they make the page so much bigger, and they always add extra complexity to us.
There are also other Internet Explorer-only problems in the new XHTML 1.0 Strict compliant version of the site, such as the inactive scrollbar on the ads, which cannot be worked around, but are only a problem in this single browser.
Internet Explorer can't even load the XHTML 1.1 site, and thus prevents MathML from working (which https://neothermic.com uses in places)
To make things worse the new version, Internet Explorer 7, is not due for release until 2006, and will still not be fully standards compliant. That's also not accounting for the fact that other browsers will likely have advanced greatly by then.
So why should you care? Simple: https://neothermic.com will most likely always look worse in Internet Explorer than in the alternatives listed at the bottom of this page. This new version of https://neothermic.com has taken a lot of effort to make it standards compliant, and our efforts are not fully displayed in Internet Explorer.
It is also a good idea generally not to use Internet Explorer for security reasons - many pieces of spyware and viruses install themselves stealthily via security holes in Internet Explorer, of which there are many.
Finally alternative browsers are often more powerful - all of the alternatives listed below have built-in RSS feed monitoring and tabbed browsing (an extremely useful feature once you get used to it), along with many more options.
NeoThermic
[size=75]Text obtained, with permission from AllAboutGames.co.uk[/size]