The old woman and the odd glasses
06/15/2009 08:01 a.m. | Internet
Once upon a time there was an old woman in a small town. The woman wore an old pair of glasses she had received years and years ago. Most of the time, her glasses worked great. But on occasion, they turned out to be very odd glasses.
One afternoon she went to the grocery store. She was doing her shopping, and using her glasses to see all of the wonderful displays. However, some of the displays looked very odd through her glasses. She pulled a store clerk aside to ask him about a particular display.
Woman: "Excuse me sir, what exactly is this that I am looking at?" Man: "That is out new products display. Isn't it wonderful!" Woman: "It looks very odd. Things are sideways and out of place. Many items are covering each other up." Man: "Hmm. That's not how it appears to me. Perhaps your glasses are distorting things." (Man tries on glasses and confirms that they make things look odd for the new display) Woman: "But, I've had these glasses for years. They worked fine when I got them." Man: "Well, perhaps it's time to upgrade to a newer pair."
The woman had a similar experience at a few other places in town. The new electronics store had a few bad displays. The new strip mall had even more. And the town's design studio was a complete mess in her eyes. Because of all of these examples, the woman decided maybe it was time for a new pair of glasses, so she went down to the optometrist.
The optometrist was very happy to see her. He agreed that her glasses were too old, and she really could use new ones. He had her try on a Fiery orange pair. "Don't you look like a Fox!" exclaimed the optometrist. Then she tried on a nice Chrome pair, but they weren't a great fit either. She finally settled on a pair that was one step above her current glasses. They were on sale because they were already out of style.
Now the woman could finally see the new displays in town. Although, as she was told by the optometrist, she would need to come back again soon for another upgrade.
Moral of the Story: Stop coding for IE6. It's freaking 2009 already. Encourage the "old woman" in your life to upgrade. R.I.P. IE6, we are all counting the days til you finally die off.