Comments on: Campaigns to kill the web browser that just won’t die: Internet Explorer 6

By: My condolence to IE6 | HTML Remix

My condolence to IE6 | HTML Remix — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:26:21 +0000

[...] you only, and you know what? Even Steve Jobs don’t have a copy of that now!. We even made campaigns to make you retire, but you [...]

By: AnotherGeek

AnotherGeek — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:54:28 +0000

The problem with complaining about IE6 is that it is very easy to complain about the wrong things to the wrong people.

There is no point telling off end users about their browsers. They don’t care about the aggravation they are causing you. Nor will they believe it. As time goes on, this group will be increasingly dominated by people who either cannot upgrade or do not even know what a browser is.

Clients do not care about security and stability. And they will not believe that you cannot do work for a browser that you have beeen working with for 7 years.

My solution is to put a polite targeted warking at the bottom of my websites that tells IE6 users about security problems and websites that no longer support them. This should only contain information that is of benefit to them.

As for clients, make them wait charge them! Make IE6 complience a visible item on the bill and a qualifier on deadlines. Sooner or later the penny will drop. This may seem like a pay cut but it really isn’t. Fixing IE6 bugs is your least productive part of the job so freeing it up will make you more competitive.

By: Soylent

Soylent — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:48:23 +0000

Ah, good old internet exploder 6; still going strong.

By: Sophia Lucero

Sophia Lucero — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:12:16 +0000

Good one, Alberto!

By: Alberto

Alberto — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:45:10 +0000

Well, I have good news!
I have interviewed Internet Explorer 6 last week, and he told me he’s going to retire:
http://www.yellowjug.com/web-design/exclusive-interview-with-internet-explorer-6/

:-)

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:01:20 +0000

We share your pain…. IE6 sucks!

One of our developers wrote a song called “IE is being mean to me” and you can find the video here:

http://with.us/meanie
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTTzwJsHpU8

Hope you like it.

By: Web Design Singapore

Web Design Singapore — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:27:31 +0000

Well im posting in 2009 (near 2010 in fact) and guess what? many companies i know are dropping support for IE 6! :)

By: Stephen Robinson

Stephen Robinson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:31:15 +0000

IE 6 is Crap, I don’t use it at home. However at work it is the only browser allowed on the corp. network. I recently downloaded a copy of firefox portable that I can run at work without any install proceedure. I recomend it to those who are prevented by the corp. IT people from installing any other browser than IE 6 Crap.

By: CSS Rollover Images with only one File @ ThemeSquirrel

CSS Rollover Images with only one File @ ThemeSquirrel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:45:24 +0000

[...] wait! This doesn’t work in Internet Explorer 6!” – I can hear You saying. Well, screw IE6 I say. You can’t have everything with something from the prehistorical age. I don’t [...]

By: The real reason IE6 isn’t dead yet | Wisdump

The real reason IE6 isn’t dead yet | Wisdump — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:41:14 +0000

[...] focusing on those who refuse to upgrade and try to help those who are simply unable to? All the campaign sites against IE6 don’t amount to much until they figure that [...]