Comments on: It’s Our Fault IE6 Still Lingers

By: Arsen

Arsen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:22:17 +0000

At our company, security is a top priority, and as such our service does not support IE6. However, we understand that some people at work have no other option other than IE6. As a response, we created a document for them to send to their IT guys which outlines reasons why they should offer an alternative to IE6.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17681961/Why-Your-Company-Should-Offer-an-Alternative-to-IE6

-Arsen
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By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:56:17 +0000

I really liked your blog! i read 4 others that are on similar subjets, but they domt update very often, thanks.

By: Jason Grigsby

Jason Grigsby — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:11:27 +0000

Intel IT hasn’t updated to IE7. If you do any business with Intel, you have no choice but to support IE6.

By: Mathieu Gagnon

Mathieu Gagnon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:39:44 +0000

Good point Paul !
I personally accept light degradations (specially when it allows to remove obscure hacks)

By: Paul Carvill

Paul Carvill — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:02:54 +0000

We shouldn’t be going out of our way to make sites work in IE6, we should be going out of our way to make sure sites work in as many browsers, devices and operating systems as possible. We need to take a serious look at the complexity of the pages we’re making. We need to go back to the basics of the web and remind ourselves about device independence and clarity and conciseness of content.

Seriously, if the pages you make are breaking in IE6, just think about how bad they look and behave in any random mobile browser or any ther portable device. If your pages really need so much extra development work just to make them work in a hugely popular and widely used browser, then you’re doing something wrong.

By: Ara Pehlivanian

Ara Pehlivanian — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:21:02 +0000

Der Caspers: Good point, post updated!

By: Der Caspers

Der Caspers — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:51:44 +0000

The pirated-XP-excuse doesn’t cut it for me. At least for the sites I am working on, IE6 is in the double digits Mon thru Fri, 9 to 5 and it drops to 5-7% over the weekend, only to rise again on Monday morning when everybody’s back to work. So it’s clearly not the home users who refuse to upgrade, but the IT folks in corporations.

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Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:18:00 +0000

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By: Toan Le

Toan Le — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:20:19 +0000

Sorry Ara, but I can’t follow your logic. There are over 100+K Social Assistance beneficiaries in Qc, should we just cut their welfare checks? Then they ll move their lazy ass back to work?

By: Eric Miraglia

Eric Miraglia — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:07:28 +0000

Christian — I agree with you on most of these points, but I also agree with Ara and the argument that we shouldn’t fall on our swords for experiential parity in IE6. At best, it should be treated as a browser that requires functional completeness but not design integrity for most sites. -Eric