Anti-IE6 campaign grows
Google throws its weight behind campaign to bury Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 browser.
Google throws its weight behind campaign to bury Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 browser.
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Anti-Internet Explorer 6 campaign grows
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ToAsTeD
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I dunno why users stil use IE6 :< suppose the majority simply dont update their browsers.
That_JC
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The reason for IE6 is very simple. It comes with XP, and you can't upgrade to IE7 or 8 without a legal copy of XP... you do the maths...
Dixie
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I think it comes down to Automatic Updates being turned off.
A nice poll would be to ask Win XP users to right-click My Computer -> Properties and state what Service Pack is installed - 1, 2 or 3
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Oh, I see Gennath points to some answers...
A nice poll would be to ask Win XP users to right-click My Computer -> Properties and state what Service Pack is installed - 1, 2 or 3
Edit:
Oh, I see Gennath points to some answers...
czc
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Have it on a windows 2000 pro computer. Can't go further than IE6 on Win2K. But have Opera on it also.
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... the other half can't because of companies (usually large corporates) locking them into IE6 cause their apps can't run on anything else.
I just use that universal IE6 CSS template http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/universal_internet_explorer_6_css/
I can't be bothered anymore, I want to take advantage of features offered on better browsers.
You get a warning message when visiting www.ebucks.com with IE6 with a recommendation to upgrade to Firefox.
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=14467&cat=500
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=14467&cat=500
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
It is always possible to update ANY COPY of XP. People are just ignorant.
AutoPatcher can update any copy of XP... http://www.autopatcher.com/
IIRC, you can download and install IE8 without having to go through WGA verification.
I think most of the people still using IE6 either a) Don't have a choice (i.e. people using work PCs) or b) Don't know or care what a browser is.
Dont forget about users with SP0
Aaah damnn... why did they stop at 6 ?
At work I discovered recently that the ladies upstairs do not even know the name of the browser they are using, let alone it's version. They don't upgrade because they have not been told to. That's why I build sites with a huge big IE6 notice that you can't ignore or close, ... but yet again the ladies upstairs surprise me: they simply scroll down and ignore the half screen height message that says "you are using an old browser, please upgrade from one of the following 4 choices."
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
I have IE 6 installed on Windows XP - because I need to test for those tossers still stupid enough to run a 200 year old browser! What? Do you also have Windows 3.1 installed? FFS, pissed me off because IE6 breaks everything.
In SA, I think there are simply too many people who do not understand the level of PC knowledge that is actually needed to securely and efficiently operate on the www. Many get shown at some point how to do a few things and then simply keep on doing it in that manner, never looking at, or keeping up with the changes in technology. Why should they after all, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". However, to know and understand that it is actually broken, you need to know a bit more than just the bare minimum. If you are not interested to learn more then what do you do? I suppose you dial a "nerd" (which costs money, and heaven forbid you have to spend money) or get your neighbour's child to come have a look, either way they never learn, and are often not willing to invest the time and money needed to get updated.
Well, that's my opinion anyway.
Well, that's my opinion anyway.
Prof.Merlin
Expert Member
For those of us that use non-micro$ browsers, and miss the old ie6 browser, install this:
http://ie6ify.com/
http://ie6ify.com/
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kingrob
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IE6 does not come standard with any version of Linux or MacOS.
I couldn't find it in my CentOS Extras repository.
I couldn't find it in my CentOS Extras repository.
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IE6 is remains a scourge! I would happily see the end of it. Even browsing with FF there are still so many sites which are formatted for IE6.
I also see that the IE Tab addon for FF 3.6 is not supported
I also see that the IE Tab addon for FF 3.6 is not supported
IE6 does not come standard with any version of Linux or MacOS.
I couldn't find it in my CentOS Extras repository.
Ja, it's an optional install, so what you need to go ahead and do is...
wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-*
./ies4linux
Et viola, instant IE6 joyjoy. You milage may vary, depending on your Linux distribution.
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Fudzy
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Well they had to get at least one thinig right.
2014!!! You mean us web developers have to put up with writing parallel code for another 4 years!?
I can't imagine how worlds apart modern browsers will be ahead of IE6.
IE6 is entrenched in many corporates. If MS were to release a stand-alone IE6 package, maybe that would get the ball rolling on dumping this piece of dead weight into the abyss.
If that's your audience, then be prepared to support it until 2014, maybe even further, as there's no law saying people can't keep on using an unsupported browser. If you don't care then drop it.
To be honest, a skilled developer should be able to produce a version of their site that is awesome on new browsers but still degrades nicely in IE6.