I agree, accessibility issues aside, the web is a language, and like every other language it evolves in order to be able to express more and more complicated ideas. Design is a language which changes too. Gawker and you may not be on the same page, but asking them to deviate from the state of the art, asking people to do things like support older versions of IE, in the end just stifles progress. Going forward is one of the main principles of technological development, and sometimes we just have to leave things behind. That said, everyone is entitled to be any kind of user they want to be - and I totally respect your position, just don't think Gawker should be compelled to comply.