[mattbasta]

1. He's complaining about bugs in IE7 that "weren't fixed until IE8" Seriously? It's 2013, the modern web runs on IE9 and up. If you're still building for IE7 support, then you have no idea what the consensus of the web dev community is. Google sites don't even run on IE7. 2. His "hack" is necessary because he doesn't understand how to use CSS layouts properly. Instead of absolutely positioning those folksonomies, he should have been floating them and settings max-widths. You can't blame the web for your own ignorance. 3. CSS3 browser prefixes are largely dead and gone and complaining about them is meaningless and misinformed. If you're still targeting Chrome 10 and below or an IE10 preview release (less than a fraction of a fraction of a percent each), then you're simply an idiot.

[ideonexus]

<p>I realize that the majority of the web is beyond IE6, but when your customer calls you to complain that your web application is broken in their IE6 browser and their system administrators refuse to upgrade their Citrix installation to use a more modern browser, then you refactor your UI to be compatible with IE6.</p>

<p>I can't just tell the customer "You're an idiot," and wash my hands of the situation. You'll understand this firsthand when you get out into the professional world or you'll be that developer who management hides in the basement where you can quietly grumble to yourself about how stupid everyone else is.</p>