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Say Goodbye to IE6... Very Soon
1 Mar 2010 - 11 Comments
I have been waiting for this moment for a while so I think I would make a post just for the sake of it. Google has finally made the move to cutting down the support for old browsers! Such a great news, all the time, we have been waiting for someone to make the move that could lead us. With the influential of Google, I believe it will stimulate the pace of phasing out old browsers espeacially IE6!
Author: kevin | Source: queness

Introduction

Great News! I have been waiting for this moment for a while so I think I would make a post just for the sake of it. I know Google announced this on late January, they said they will stop supporting some of the products on March onward. Google Docs and Google Sites will be the first and youtube on 13 of March!

This is such a great news, all the time, we have been waiting for someone to make the move that could lead us. With the influential of Google, I believe it will stimulate the pace of phasing out old browsers.

The first old browser that came to my mind was the ridiculously outdated IE6. We have such a great technologies out there, but because of IE6, we have to hold back. We can't use background position with transparent PNG and it doesn't support new CSS standards! Too much of IE6 hacks decrease the performance of the website and increase the development and testing times.

Youtube Upgrade your browser message

According to the survey from Digg, there are 5 reasons why users don't want to upgrade to IE6. Interestingly, most of the users don't have a choice.

  • 7% - I can't upgrade because my computer runs an old version of Windows (2000, ME, or 98)
  • 37% - I can't upgrade because I don’t have administrator access on my computer.
  • 33% - I can't upgrade because someone at work says I can't.
  • 17% - I don't feel a need to upgrade.
  • 7% - I prefer IE6 to other browsers.

Okay, back to the bright side, apparently, Google isn't the first, some of the websites have already cutting the support of IE6 long time ago. The list will definitely grow longer within this year, 2010 is the year to abandone IE6!

Facebook Upgrade your browser message

The Alternatives

Well, if you're still using IE6, please update your browser and if it's your ICT department's fault, complaint about it! :)

Mozilla Firefox 3.0+

Google Chrome 4.0+

Safari 3.0+

Opera 10+

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0+

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Comments

alex on 27 May 2010 says:
Does product play a major role ,or is technic foce the company follow the feet of world?
myst on 14 May 2010 says:
dropped ie6 support on my site too
hosting indonesia on 22 Mar 2010 says:
I no longer use IE6 on development.
muthu on 4 Mar 2010 says:
That was a great news for us i think its a warning bell for IE they still have to improve a lot because of them number of web application not get upgrading so take serious action do more convenient for users as well as for IT people
VINIT PRATAP SINGH on 3 Mar 2010 says:
Great news!! i really suffering to manage website according to all new and old browser.. especialy ie6... in short word ie6 killed me very soon... if it is not out from all computer across world
cancel bubble on 3 Mar 2010 says:
YouTube video is Flash (this is why people visit YouTube). IE6 supports Flash. So what are they turning off and how exactly is this dropping IE6 huge news?
SeanJA on 3 Mar 2010 says:
This post is quite premature as IE6 will be supported until 2014...
Mark on 3 Mar 2010 says:
I've been waiting for this day for years. I find it pretty sad that 60%+ of people can't switch because of their IT department/non-administrative rights.

Shouldn't their IT departments/administrators be taking their companies into future technologies? Not just answering questions here and there about why their new keyboards won't work... I thought all those in IT knew about IE6's problems. Apparently not!

Regardless, this is one huge victory for web designers and developers alike. Cheers!
Web Design Kent on 3 Mar 2010 says:
I have both IE6 and Foxfire on my computer. I absolutely detest Foxfire. It slow, awkward and unctrollable. I hate to see iE6 being deleted. I tried IE8, but that required a technician having to work on my computer. They will lose my business. I do review new CD’s, then decide which I wish to spend money to purchase. It will cost entertainers some cash.
dlv on 2 Mar 2010 says:
lovely news !!!!!

thanks for share this !!
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