May 25, 2007
Lens Culture "fix" for Windows IE browsers
Several Lens Culture readers who have responded to our Reader's Survey suggested some changes that would apply only to people who still use Microsoft IE to browse the web. Apparently IE was not able to take full advantage of many of the visual components of Lens Culture. So, our tech team — especially Steve McK and Greg G — devised a solution that makes it easy for IE viewers to navigate through all of Lens Culture in all of its luxurious detail, including all archived articles from the past 3-plus years!
So, dear IE browser-ites, take another look now, and see if the experience is better for you. We hope so. And, BTW, more improvements to come, for everyone!
Comments
Dear Stan--
Thank you for pointing out this flaw so emphatically — and for participating in our Reader Survey. I appreciate all of your insightful comments, encouragement and criticisms over the years.
The technical fix was not a small accomplishment. First, Steve McK had to figure out how to work around the several ways that IE does not conform to the latest international browser standards (as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)).
Then, Greg G had to make those complex error-free changes, additions, deletions, in about five places in the code of every page of HTML throughout the site, including all the back issues!
So, we're very happy that our readers who use IE can see all of the photography in Lens Culture much easier. Even still, Lens Culture looks much cleaner — and is easier to navigate — in an excellent free browser (for Mac or Windows) called Firefox. You can download Firefox here.
Thanks again, and cheers!