Comments on: A new idea to hasten the demise of IE6 http://webdeveloper2.com/2009/01/a-new-idea-to-hasten-the-demise-of-ie6/ A blog about web design and development, tools, techniques, products and relevant news. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:42:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Quicky http://webdeveloper2.com/2009/01/a-new-idea-to-hasten-the-demise-of-ie6/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 Quicky Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:40:03 +0000 http://webdeveloper2.com/?p=823#comment-1611 THis seen this in .net http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-culture/calling-time-on-ie6 THis seen this in .net

http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-culture/calling-time-on-ie6

]]> By: Lee Kelleher http://webdeveloper2.com/2009/01/a-new-idea-to-hasten-the-demise-of-ie6/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 Lee Kelleher Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:47:48 +0000 http://webdeveloper2.com/?p=823#comment-1261 One of my clients put a lot of pressure on me to support IE6, which was difficult for my "anti-IE6 ideals". At the last check, they found that IE6 accounted for 24% of the traffic. I found that the old IE6-targeted CSS (with conditional comments) is the way to go. Like you say Dave, there are still a lot of corporate IE6 users, who can't upgrade their browser due to internal IT policies, etc. I blame Vista... it feels that corporations doesn't want to upgrade! (i.e. incompatibilities, training costs, etc.) Whereas XP "does the job". One of my clients put a lot of pressure on me to support IE6, which was difficult for my “anti-IE6 ideals”. At the last check, they found that IE6 accounted for 24% of the traffic.

I found that the old IE6-targeted CSS (with conditional comments) is the way to go.

Like you say Dave, there are still a lot of corporate IE6 users, who can’t upgrade their browser due to internal IT policies, etc.

I blame Vista… it feels that corporations doesn’t want to upgrade! (i.e. incompatibilities, training costs, etc.) Whereas XP “does the job”.

]]> By: Dave http://webdeveloper2.com/2009/01/a-new-idea-to-hasten-the-demise-of-ie6/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Dave Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:54:42 +0000 http://webdeveloper2.com/?p=823#comment-1248 Thanks Priya, I expect that a lot of people using IE6 are doing so on work computers where they do not have control over which software is installed. I would have hoped that Windows Update would have helped to increase the speed with which corporate IT departments would upgrade the standard browser. I know from experience (roll out of IE 5.5 to 7500 desktops) that something as simple as a browser upgrade is no small task in big organisations. It's a difficult situation, IE6 is the last remnant of the days when web designers would spend as much as 50% of project time on cross-browser compatibility. Thanks Priya, I expect that a lot of people using IE6 are doing so on work computers where they do not have control over which software is installed. I would have hoped that Windows Update would have helped to increase the speed with which corporate IT departments would upgrade the standard browser. I know from experience (roll out of IE 5.5 to 7500 desktops) that something as simple as a browser upgrade is no small task in big organisations.

It’s a difficult situation, IE6 is the last remnant of the days when web designers would spend as much as 50% of project time on cross-browser compatibility.

]]> By: Priya http://webdeveloper2.com/2009/01/a-new-idea-to-hasten-the-demise-of-ie6/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 Priya Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:09:35 +0000 http://webdeveloper2.com/?p=823#comment-1247 Interesting article, it made me look at our traffic details. At deskaway 33% of IE users have IE6.0 which is quite a large number! http://www.deskaway.com Interesting article, it made me look at our traffic details.
At deskaway 33% of IE users have IE6.0 which is quite a large number!

http://www.deskaway.com

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