Ask HN: Is it safe to assume IE users don't care much about design?

I wouldn't assume they don't care. The majority of people still using IE6 do so because it's the only browser their IT department will allow on their workstations (<a href="http://about.digg.com/blog/much-ado-about-ie6" rel="nofollow">http://about.digg.com/blog/much-ado-about-ie6</a>).<p>That said, because of the difficulties, it's generally acceptable to provide some base functionality/design for all browsers while layering on cool CSS effects for modern browsers as a form of progressive enhancement (using CSS border radius for example).<p>Of course, all of this depends on your specific user base and the importance of those IE users.

I think IE6 users don't care about browsers or don't have a choice. I doubt it has anything to do with not caring about design.