Lachlan Hunt: Standards Policy
why this site degrades in Internet Explorer.
Developers want a message that incorporates a link to Firefox so that they can earn points. Mozilla Foundation doesn’t want developers implying that Firefox is the only browser to use as they are promoting standard compliance as well as Firefox. And, you don’t win friends and influence people by criticising non-compliant browsers (that a user currently relies on). [here, a comment by original poster TDS Tim]