RIP: Internet Explorer passes away

It fought hard to stay alive, but in the end, as we all knew, it was only a matter of time.

So it’s official. Internet Explorer 6 use worldwide dropped under 1%. It was a slow and painful last 5 years or so (at least for web designers and developers) waiting to get the news.

I should say something sympathetic such as, ‘it will be missed’ or something like that, but I can’t. I hope it rests in peace, but as a web designer, I had long ago moved on.

Interwebs Gutter Dwellers

Do those spammers and crackers (hackers) know something we don’t about 2012?

Starting at the first of this year, it seems they’ve all gone into overdrive. My personal site (not this one) is getting hit with boat loads of spam, several of my client’s sites are  experiencing tons of cases of attempted admin access (495 attempts in 6 hours on one). It isn’t likely they will get into any of the sites I manage with the tactics they are using, but one has to wonder why this massive flurry of nefarious activity. Do they really thing the world is going to end this year?

Youtube updated into brokage

So there you are, the new and improved Youtube all clean and shiny, and broken completely – at least for me. I can’t watch videos on either Firefox or Safari, and the Safari web inspector is reporting all sorts of errors. Firefox is reporting all sorts of errors also.

There is a neat little “feedback” tab at lower right, but that goes to a google error page as does the “report a bug” link at the bottom of the pages. Think of it like putting a door knob on a wall.