Don't Support IE6!!
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- boobs
We all know what a pile of shit IE6 is.
I suggest that no one ever do anything to a site to support it.
The worse we make things for IE6 losers, the sooner they'll start using decent browsers!
- 7point340
*admires that boobs started a thread with the word "support" in it
- jimbojones0
OBEY THE BOOBS!
- Ravdyk0
wow why didn't anybody think of this before? I think you just found the solution to all the IE6 problems. So you can't fix a bug he? What is it tell us maybe we can help little boobsie woopsie :)
- Nightshade0
I agree. Use this http://code.google.com/p/ie6-upg…
- doctor0
Though I agree with the purpose of an IE6 death march, from a designer's perspective, the world is not that simple.
* Sometimes people can't choose.
Ie. employes in an organisation that only gives users web access from a virtual environment, like Citrix. They have an admin who chooses for them, and sometimes admins have other objectives than we do. The users get cought in the middle. Another example is users from third world countries with outdated equipment.
* Should the designers and technicians rule the web or should the users?
I believe in user power. It's one of the great things about the web that everybody can participate. Designers should design for maximum accessibility, but still keep the product's target group in mind. The two _can_ work together.
* My suggestion is:
Design for the best browsers available and use state of the art techniques all you want, but don't fuck with everybody that uses outdated or weird browsers. Just dumb the design down so that the content still works. After all, it's all about the content, right? :)
This will make just about anything work in IE6, as long as you use web standards: http://code.google.com/p/univers…
- Large companies and their strict IT policies are always holding upgrades back.ETM
- Yes.doctor
- +1 Drkelpie
- doctor, great link to the google page. very helpful.nearestexit
- IRNlun60
Wish I had a choice. IE6 still accounts for 16% of traffic where I work...
- version30
don't support it? embrace it ffs!
if you want to be seen as someone who can do their job correctly, it is imperative that you cater to this browser if any real percentage of a clients visiting base is using it.
if however you want to be viewed as a whiny excuse making elitist whose problems are solved by newer rendering engines, then by all means ignore it.
the choice is yours
- Stugoo0
another thread.....
im with ya.
- ETM0
- ninjasavant0
The US Govt writes us a big check to think otherwise.
- seeessess0
* html * {display:none}
- mydo0
IE6 is the most popular browser in China
China has more web users than any other country.the problem is bigger than you'd think!
- moth0
I don't get it. I usually only suffer from 2 different IE6 bugs, both of which are easily fixed with half a line of code.
- mydo0
We spent an extra few days development time fucking about with ie6 on a recent project. but then there will always be a lame sheep slowing down the flock.
- Mojo0
Get a grip.
- boobs0
Here's what I do: build it in Flash.
- kgvs720
Why are people still using IE6? It's already at version 8
According to Wikipedia IE 6 has 25% market share. Shouldn't MS just cut the life support just like Mozila did with the 2.0 version FF? MS kinda did this when it came down about XP service packs.
- raf0
- CygnusZero40
Im still on IE6. At work though. Not my fault, I cant upgrade it. Worked great though. I dont know what the problem is.
Firefox on the otherhand, runs like a piece of junk on my macbook at home. Id take IE 6 on this HP laptop over firefox on my macbook at home anyday.