Percentage of IE6 to IE7 Users

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wellofsouls

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Developers of software and websites SHOULD stop supporting IE 6!

It is the people's fault if they are still using IE 6. I have no sympathy for them.

it's not about whether the developers "SHOULD" stop supporting IE6, it's more about whether the developers "COULD" stop supporting IE6. I have no sympathy for those people who are still using IE6 neither, but when your clients are still using IE6 and you stop supporting it in your website, guess who'll be fired by the boss? will your boss fire his clients, or you?

Currently I'm developing a website for my company, and I have to check it under IE6, IE7 and Firefox, and have to make sure the website supports all of them. It's really frustrating, but then as long as I'm being paid by my boss, I'll have to do it :wacko:

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Xeta

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Developers of software and websites SHOULD stop supporting IE 6!

There are still plenty of businesses that do not use anything but IE6. I am working for one that refuses to deploy IE7 because they have too many homebrew web apps that don't support anything but IE6. Yes, they could update them, but that would cost money and resources. Updating the apps to support IE7 was deemed too low a priority amidst all the budget cuts that have been going around lately.

I would say choosing to not support IE6 is a silly mistake. It's like dropping support for XP or IPv4 because there are replacements available. There are just too many instances of them still in use, you'd just be hurting your site by dropping support.

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You know why people still use IE 6? It's because we developers/designers work our asses off fixing everything for IE 6. Since all the sites look "fine," people see no need to upgrade or switch. Maybe we should stop supporting IE 6, to show people what a truly bad browser IE 6 is. Or at least we shouldn't spend time fixing all the little things for IE. Like we could make sites legible, but leave all the gaps and off-pixels. I have a little warning bar at the top of all my personal sites that says:

If you can read this, then you're smarter than I would expect an IE 6 user to be.

Harsh action is the only way to get IE 6 dead quickly. Sure, the people will complain and hate for a few months, but most of them will shut up after a little while.

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wellofsouls

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You know why people still use IE 6? It's because we developers/designers work our asses off fixing everything for IE 6. Since all the sites look "fine," people see no need to upgrade or switch. Maybe we should stop supporting IE 6, to show people what a truly bad browser IE 6 is. Or at least we shouldn't spend time fixing all the little things for IE. Like we could make sites legible, but leave all the gaps and off-pixels. I have a little warning bar at the top of all my personal sites that says:

Harsh action is the only way to get IE 6 dead quickly. Sure, the people will complain and hate for a few months, but most of them will shut up after a little while.

You know why we developers/designers work our asses off fixing everything for IE6? it's because we are PAID to do it. Unless you can pay me better than my current boss, I have to support IE6 and make my sites look pixel perfect in IE6. It's a pain considering IE6 doesn't even support basic things like PNG transparency, but it's much more of a pain to be jobless. When your boss and his clients complain even for a second, it's you who will shut up, or get fired immediately. :shiftyninja:

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You know why we developers/designers work our asses off fixing everything for IE6? it's because we are PAID to do it. Unless you can pay me better than my current boss, I have to support IE6 and make my sites look pixel perfect in IE6. It's a pain considering IE6 doesn't even support basic things like PNG transparency, but it's much more of a pain to be jobless. When your boss and his clients complain even for a second, it's you who will shut up, or get fired immediately. :shiftyninja:

I know. For all of the sites I get paid for I make sure they're pixel-perfect in IE6. What I meant was to stop fixing for IE6 in personal and non-business related sites. I mean, if Myspace or Facebook dropped IE6 support...

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