There are really two different types of web developers. CSS or Canvas. I'm a canvas developer. IE is completely lacking when it comes to canvas but roughly equivalent when it comes to CSS, relative to Webkit anyways. When it comes to HTML5 canvas, I just basically ignore IE explorer. Non-Canvas on IE stuff seems to work as expected.

agreed to an extent. it was first gen phone, that needed a couple more generations to get it all right. However, the basic idea of the n900 was awesome, and still exceeds what I see on the market today.

Your no crackpot. N900 very well could have been a great phone. It just needed one or two more generations. Sad that it got abandoned. In fact, i'm more sad about n900 got abandoned, than any other of my devices that I've purchased over the years.