Web Designer Offers Scholarship to Destroy Internet Explorer
Web Design & SEO firm Navolutions offers $500 scholarship to take down the world's most hated internet browser.
Pleasanton, CA, December 3, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Internet Explorer doesn't have many supporters in the web development community, but one company is taking the fight to the front lines. Pleasanton based web designer Navolutions is offering a $500 scholarship to a student who does their part to wipe out the browser, once and for all.
"If someone asks me for help with their computer and I see they're using Internet Explorer, the first thing I do is install a better browser," says web designer Joe Goldstein. "Not only does it speed up browser performance and patch a few security holes, but it also means there will be one less person using Internet Explorer, which is good for everyone."
"If someone asks me for help with their computer and I see they're using Internet Explorer, the first thing I do is install a better browser."
Joe Goldstein, Web Designer
Web designers have long voiced their dislike for the aging browser, due in part to the inconsistent ways it handles layouts on web pages. "If you add a border around a photo on any real browser," says Joe, "it adds that border to the photo's width and pushes everything out, like putting a frame around a painting. Internet Explorer is the only browser that counts the border towards the width, pushing everything inwards. If you don't expect it, it can destroy your page's layout. Sure there are ways of fixing it, but those take time and resources, and Internet Explorer has dozens, if not hundreds, of little issues just like that. They add up."
Navolutions isn't the only web designer that wants to take the browser down. In 2012, Australian retailer Kogan.com put a 6.8% "tax" on Internet Explorer 7 users, saying "As Internet citizens, we all have a responsibility to make the Internet a better place. By taking these measures, we are doing our bit."
For rules & eligibility, visit the Navolutions scholarship page.
Navolutions is a Pleasanton, CA based web design, SEO, and internet marketing firm. Since 2008, Navolutions has worked with small businesses across the U.S. to improve visibility, drive leads, and take control of their internet presence. For more information on Navolutions, please call 925-344-3668 or visit navolutions.com.
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