a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by _refugee_
_refugee_  ·  3885 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Executioner's Lament

I think you are very close to the issue with this comment.

    a lot of webapps and older databases look good in IE8 but load weirdly on newer browsers

At banks, a lot of applications run in your browser. I think they've mostly all been coded for IE, people know they "work" in IE, and I think that is part of what causes this huge ridiculous lag. whenever we upgrade an OS or a browser it's a Big Fucking Deal. I have to think it's somehow related to the applications we use in day-to-day work (which can be pretty sensitive) and potential upgrade issues there.

Also, there's not a single bank I've worked in that doesn't still use DOS systems at some point. Banks be old school as fuck, yo.

But I will be getting Chrome! So like I said...don't worry about me too much.