Server Side Technology - Poll Results

Our last poll was about server side technology and we asked what your site was running on?

Top 3 in order were PHP, (VB / ASP / .Net), & JSP. There isn't any wrong or right answers here but the hay days of Perl and Cold Fusion appear to be over for the modern Web.

Server Side Technology Poll Results:



What is interesting to me, is that there is still a keen interest in trying new stuff and I don't see that dying any time soon. Ruby on Rails for example is making significant headway into being a well respected platform to build professional applications on.

Wrapping up the last poll means there is a new poll out. This time its all about JS Libraries, if you use them, tell us which ones grace your applications.

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Will IE8 fix IE's DOM Support issues - Poll Results

Will IE8 fix their DOM Support:

In our last poll, we asked if you felt that IE8 would fix their DOM Support? The poll was live long before the IE8 Beta 1 came out and thus nothing was known about the new version since Microsoft isn't very forthcoming with sharing a road map with developers.

Regardless, the mood of the development community was reflected in the results that came in before the beta release, and was only slightly different after developers got some first hand experiences.



Results:
Yes Completely - 4%
Not A Thing - 16%
Minor Fixes Only - 15%
Mostly Fixed - 3%
Fix Some, Break Some - 30%
I Don't Care Anymore - 5%
Don't Make Me Laugh - 27%

To be honest, most were taken back by Microsoft's commitment towards standards, and actually taking the (correct) brave step to render in Standards Mode by default.

Many of the long standing bugs DOM Bugs were fixed, although there were many that didn't see any attention at all. New features were added, but the overall UI was hardly improved upon at all (from legacy chrome/usability bugs, to the un-movable toolbar issues).

If history of IE7 development is to repeat itself, expect a few more betas for IE8, then an RC (Release Candidate), and a final RTM (Release To Market) date sometime late in Q4, 2008 or Q1, 2009 if they continue to fix ignored issues.

As noted here day 1, we promised to link into the public bug tracking systems for each browser, when and where they became available (and we certainly have done so - if you find a bug listed here that doesn't reference the IE Feedback bug number, please let us know!). When IE8 Beta 1 was released, Microsoft re-opened their "IE Feedback" site at Microsoft Connect, so that developers could view and track bugs with input from Microsoft. It isn't a full public bug tracking site, but it has been dearly missed since it was dismantled after the IE7 release, in fact one of the reasons that this Blog started! ;-)

We hope that the IE Feedback site will stay open forever (or some similar site) so that developers can continue to benefit from its presence, however when directly questioned, the response was less than an absolute yes on the IE Blog.

We wish the IE Team the best of luck on shipping IE8 with great DOM Support to an eager developer base, lets just hope we can close a bunch more issues before it is shipped out the door!

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Browser Features - Poll Results

After reviewing the results of the last poll, we opened up the Browser Features Poll asking you what Browser features you cared about most. As a site delivering content mainly to Web Developers, the results obviously cater to a developers perspective but the results are interesting none the less.


Browser Features Poll Results:

Surprise, surprise! Developers care most about the JavaScript/DOM Support. Web 2.0 depends heavily on decent JavaScript/DOM Support and what troubles developers most is the lack of consistency across Major Browsers. CSS support and Security took a close 2nd, followed by Bug Tracking and Rendering Speed.

On the low end was Bookmarks and RSS. Not too surprising since these aren't the most critical parts of a browser, and other Manager/Aggregaters tend to be better at this role anyway.

A new poll will be up shortly, so be sure to check back soon.

Thanks for voting!

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Browser Preferences - Poll Results

It isn't much of a surprise, but lets review the findings.

Several weeks ago, we opened up a poll asking you what your favorite Web Browsers were. As a site delivering content mainly to Web Developers, it came as no surprise that Mozilla Firefox was by far the most favored Browser.

Favorite Browser Poll Results:




What is interesting to see, is the breakdown of other Browsers. Keep in mind, these are "preferred" Browsers, not necessarily reflecting spec compliance, features or bugs, but rather what you prefer as a browser.

Thus a new poll has opened, asking you what features in a browser are most important to you? Do you care about add-ons? Do you care about Specs? Do you care about speed? etc.

Feel free to choose your favorite features in a Browser (any browser) as we dig deeper into what makes a good browser, and thus what features we would like added, or bugs we'd like fixed in other browsers.

Happy New Year!

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