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- boobs
God I hate doing CSS sites anymore. Thankfully IE6 is gradually disappearing from the radar (w3schools reports it's down to 17% share), but it can't happen soon enough for me.
From now on, just Flash projects for our friend boobs!
- Nairn0
meh.
- boobs0
They won't fit on this wee screen.
- zenmasterfoo0
the boobs reference drove everyone to the Chick of the Day post...sorry 7point34...
- alexharris0
*sympathy* !!!!!
- zenmasterfoo0
Have faith boobs. Although it will still be around for a while to come, at least IE7 will get throttled by the forced upgrade to IE8.
- Once IE6 gets to below 10% my shop will stop testing for it.zenmasterfoo
- boobs0
alexharris and zenmasterfoo, your kind words have earned you a wee squeeze!
*blushes*
- monospaced0
I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't release a version of IE for the Mac OS. Not that I want it or anything, but it doesn't make sense to cut out that market; Apple has released their software for Windows. Enough people build websites on Macs, right?
- but u have to buy/emulate pc to test for ie - its strategictrooperbill
- yeah, booting up in Windows is an option, but it seems like it would be in their best interest to release the software for Macs.monospaced
- 7point340
they just drifted apart.
shame, at the time, IE for mac was the best browser microsoft had
- http://en.wikipedia.…7point34
- I'm totally aware of this, and remember when IE was actually bundled with all new Macs.monospaced
- the days of the G3s and 4s7point34
- jysta0
When in doubt 'zoomfix' ...
- JamesBoynton0
I was always told to ignore w3cshools stats as its a site for people learning or who do web design, and the stats are just based on visits to their site... so not sure they will really represent what it really being used.
- zarkonite0
W3 only reports stats for their own website, which is not a good way to measure browser stats.
http://gs.statcounter.com/#brows…
IE6 worldwide sits at 22%, N.America 16% and Europe 12%. So unless you're developing for Asia, you can forget about supporting it =) ... (depending on the client as usual).
- doctor0
Always investigate the client's browser statistics in advance, or make a rational estimate. Sometimes you need to support IE6, as goes for other oddities, and sometimes you don't.
But yeah... We all feel your pain.
Death to IE!
- welded0
IE6 ruined my day today.
- maratz0
w3schools resports its own statistics, not the overall data, so it's inappropriate to take that information as a general rule. At w3schools it's natural that the IE 6 share is very low, since it's visited by technology savvy users, not average Jane Grandma.
Everything above 10% should be taken care of.
- Stugoo0
sorry boobs, im on holiday this week. I hear ya about ie6, there are work arounds for lots of stuff, but its when to stop working around and give over the bear minimum! bloody ie6!
as for browser stats it will b at least 2 years beforewe can stop developing for it:(
- BettyBotox0
We've got major corporates like BHP Billiton still using IE6 - so (moan/groan/wince) we have to keep developing for it. It's a heap of shite. 80% of my time goes into developing and testing for it...
But IE7 is only a fraction better, so for the next 5 years there will still be more of the same pain :(