Comments on: Let’s kill Internet Explorer 6 http://richarddingwall.name/2009/02/22/lets-kill-internet-explorer-6/ The adventures of a young kiwi software developer in London Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter McCullough http://richarddingwall.name/2009/02/22/lets-kill-internet-explorer-6/comment-page-1/#comment-7894 Peter McCullough Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:38:39 +0000 http://richarddingwall.name/?p=972#comment-7894 IE6 and no javascript are the two biggest things holding back useable and accessible websites on the web. We designers who still fix things for IE6 are our own worst enemies and we pretty much need Javascript support to do that. I agree we need to make a stand now - lets get the last 15% of web users to realise what they are missing - they have credible, well supported open source options (Safari, Firefox and Chrome) why do we need IE6. They just do not understand, they just need education. If we build in - change your browser messages on detection of IE6 and below into major sites - it will die. Clients need to be shown that it is essential for their sites to perform for the majority. The cost of fixing IE6 issues is huge. IE6 RIP !! (and IE7 and 8 too for me). IE6 and no javascript are the two biggest things holding back useable and accessible websites on the web.

We designers who still fix things for IE6 are our own worst enemies and we pretty much need Javascript support to do that.

I agree we need to make a stand now – lets get the last 15% of web users to realise what they are missing – they have credible, well supported open source options (Safari, Firefox and Chrome) why do we need IE6. They just do not understand, they just need education.

If we build in – change your browser messages on detection of IE6 and below into major sites – it will die. Clients need to be shown that it is essential for their sites to perform for the majority. The cost of fixing IE6 issues is huge. IE6 RIP !! (and IE7 and 8 too for me).

]]> By: Jef Claes http://richarddingwall.name/2009/02/22/lets-kill-internet-explorer-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2293 Jef Claes Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:22:37 +0000 http://richarddingwall.name/?p=972#comment-2293 MS just can't recommend users to use FireFox :P MS just can’t recommend users to use FireFox :P

]]> By: Ben Amada http://richarddingwall.name/2009/02/22/lets-kill-internet-explorer-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 Ben Amada Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:32:47 +0000 http://richarddingwall.name/?p=972#comment-2251 For killing IE6, let me be the one to pull the trigger! And the banner's a great idea. I suspect a large percentage of IE6 users are on Windows 2000 where IE7/IE8 isn't supported. Firefox does run on Win2K, however. If Microsoft was fully behind the war against IE6, they would recommend W2K users upgrade to Firefox. For killing IE6, let me be the one to pull the trigger! And the banner’s a great idea.

I suspect a large percentage of IE6 users are on Windows 2000 where IE7/IE8 isn’t supported. Firefox does run on Win2K, however. If Microsoft was fully behind the war against IE6, they would recommend W2K users upgrade to Firefox.

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