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Subscribe [14]#31 / Feb 22, 2009 6:56pm
HILARIOUS! Ha,ha!
#32 / Feb 24, 2009 1:56am
Interesting update:
http://www.larre.com/2009/02/23/the-norwegian-web-changed-in-48-hours-how-is-that-possible/
- bjorn
#33 / Feb 24, 2009 9:55am
Wow. I’ve twittered it a number of times. I hope it catches here in the US.
#34 / Feb 24, 2009 11:13am
.net have just carried an article this month on shooting ie6
#35 / Feb 24, 2009 1:24pm
We’re seriously considering, to the point of it being almost a done deal, halting support for IE6 with our site’s next facelift.
The site will still be usable for IE6 users, though. We just won’t take great pains to make sure everything’s tweaked perfectly for IE6. We’ll also feature an explanation for that, as well as suggestions for upgrading browsers.
#36 / Feb 26, 2009 8:23am
you know, there are different ways to see this problem. Most people probably don’t realize taht there are some enormous companies out there that REQUIRE their users to use IE6 because of sharepoint/active directory issues in their intranet.
that might sound like a small thing, but that is a huge number of those users I’m sure.
#37 / Feb 26, 2009 9:21am
that might sound like a small thing, but that is a huge number of those users I’m sure.
That’s right JT. I read a blogpost on a large norwegian blog where they checked where the IE6 users were coming from. Turns out most of the users were from StatoilHydro (biggest offshore oil and gas company in the world, according to wikipedia) and universities.
- bjorn
#38 / Feb 26, 2009 9:22am
you know, there are different ways to see this problem. Most people probably don’t realize taht there are some enormous companies out there that REQUIRE their users to use IE6 because of sharepoint/active directory issues in their intranet.
that might sound like a small thing, but that is a huge number of those users I’m sure.
True. There are many issues conetcted with the use of older browsers and that can’t change over night. Believe it or not, we have to use Netscape 4.7 to maintain a large corporation’s intranet…
However I think that by the end of this year IE6 marketshare will drop bellow 10% and there will not be such a big problem with simply droping support for IE6 on public websites.
#39 / Feb 26, 2009 10:22am
That’s no excuse for imbecility. 😏
#40 / Feb 26, 2009 10:45am
It’s a true paradox. On one hand you have these corporations that are stuck in the past and force their employees to use IE6. So, instinct says that it’s a population that we shouldn’t alienate. It’s not their fault. On the other hand, if we all continue to support IE6, there is no incentive to change.
On every site that a client will let me, I’ve started to put warnings for IE6 users. I’ve noticed a decent drop in IE6 usage on those sites since I’ve started. I don’t know if I’ve just scared them away or if they’ve upgraded, but at least I have to worry about IE6 less.
#41 / Feb 26, 2009 12:36pm
These stats on W3schools look promising. Use of IE6 is dropping :D
#42 / Feb 26, 2009 4:59pm
It’s a true paradox. On one hand you have these corporations that are stuck in the past and force their employees to use IE6. So, instinct says that it’s a population that we shouldn’t alienate. It’s not their fault. On the other hand, if we all continue to support IE6, there is no incentive to change.
On every site that a client will let me, I’ve started to put warnings for IE6 users. I’ve noticed a decent drop in IE6 usage on those sites since I’ve started. I don’t know if I’ve just scared them away or if they’ve upgraded, but at least I have to worry about IE6 less.
it’s not always ‘stuck in the past’ but a result of the changes microsoft makes to certain things in security, and other areas.
I completed a large contract at Intel Corporation last year. They still require IE6 (well they did as of my finishing my work) and it was because of sharepoint and a/d. It doesn’t hinder the company if they continue to make security updates to the browser, which Intel does (did) but almost any large microsoft house will have held on to IE6 long past it’s usefullnes in standards due to it’s implementation, and restrictions that MS brought over.
the problem is, with huge companies it’s not as easy as just ‘well ok let’s upgrade’. it can take years to get the network teams and software engineers to ‘bless’ a product that deeply intwined and take even longer to deploy.
it’s not microsoft’s fault, and it’s not the companie’s fault. it’s a combination of the two. MS for forcing the use of old technology, and the company for not staying current.