I found this amusing. In a post about the new Slashdot Discussion2 forums, a Slashdot administrator notes that the code is still in beta:
IE doesn’t work (patches welcome, but since only a quarter of you use it, it’s not a huge priority)
I’m just trying to imagine what would happen if any other site in the world said, for instance, “We’re not going to support [fill in the browser name] because only 25% of our visitors use it.”
I understand that Microsoft-bashing is de rigeuer at /., but still…
Update: Well, Discussion2 seems to work OK in IE7 with some minor display glitches (apparently these are also observed in the fully standards-compliant Konqueror browser as well, so it’s not just an IE thing). And the usual flame war is going on in the comments, with I would guess about 25% of the commenters pointing out the hypocrisy of actively not supporting a large group of users.
My favorite comment so far:
Judging the mainstream based on Slashdot is like trying to learn about normal human interaction by people watching at a Star Trek convention.
OK, back to work.
Ed Bott 
I can’t believe I’m going to defend those klutzes at Slashdot, but the Taco didn’t say that they weren’t going to support MSIE; he said it wasn’t a high priority. Big difference.
(By they way, your link to the discussion is broken. I can’t see your C: drive.)
Link fixed, thanks.
You’re supposed to be writing a book, not reading Slashdot. Unless, of course, you print it and read it in the John.
There is no need for Shashdot anymore. Digg.com is much better with a more diverse group of opinions and artilces. Besides, if you frequent both sites you’ll find that many links on Slashdot appeared on Digg about 2 hours earlier.
The noise level on Digg is way too high for me, and the comments are generally clueless. I find the most interesting stuff at /. is in the discussion threads, and with the moderation system it’s pretty easy to pick out the stuff that’s useful.
Oii!! Ain’t that the truth! 🙂