This post has been imported from the NML Research Blog…

Andre and I have been trying to add a new plug-in to the blog which would allow threaded discussion. Currently, comments can only be made to posts - but a threaded discussion feature would afford us the ability to comment on other comments as well.

During our test-run installation we realized that while the plug-in was successful when using most browsers, it runs into problems with those of you using Internet Explorer (it hides the entire comment section). Breakdown!

The problem is that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer does not support open-standards (read more here) which makes it difficult for programers to code software that will properly integrate with it. So while every other browser supports open-standards, and thus works fine with the threaded-comments plug-in, IE does not.

I was wondering how many of you are currently using IE, and if any of you would consider switching to another browser? Aside from the open-standards problem, IE is more prone to viruses and does not permit ‘tabbed’ browsing (read more here) - providing a rather inferior cyber experience for its users.

Please use the comment section of this post to indicate whether you use IE or not (so I can get a sense of what we are working with) and how you feel about switching browsers. We also may want to consider switching all browsers installed at NML to something like FireFox, Camino, Netscape or Opera (all free).

Linda Richman says: “Discuss!”