Comments on: Is It Time to Ditch IE6? http://www.w3designhost.com/browsers/is-it-time-to-ditch-ie6/ Accesible web design and consultancy Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BlueBoden http://www.w3designhost.com/browsers/is-it-time-to-ditch-ie6/comment-page-1/#comment-17 BlueBoden Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:12:17 +0000 http://www.w3designhost.com/webtrends/is-it-time-to-ditch-ie6/#comment-17 I agree that the Upgrade process may have been faster, because the less technical users don't know how to setup IE7, or get back their top file menu. I was myself annoyed by this, but have later started to enjoy the new interface. And even though i hate to admit that this was the reason, it actually made me start to remember the shortcut keys. I'm doing some searches to see how many are starting to recommend not to support IE6, or other older browsers. I'm just throwing in my advice, and which is also the advice i give people from www.brugbart.com, that is to stop supporting IE6. There are many alternatives for XP users, and even though microsoft has stopped supporting win98, those users are still able to shift to opera. I generally stopped careing for IE6 when IE7 was released, none of my websites officially supports IE6, and i would highly advice any clients ageinst supporting it. We as web designers need to start telling users to upgrade their browsers, just as they would upgrade any other software. We should also understand our place, and we should not be afraid to tell our client that they are wrong, should they insist on support for such browsers. After all we are more in a position to tell whats best to do then they are. I agree that the Upgrade process may have been faster, because the less technical users don’t know how to setup IE7, or get back their top file menu.

I was myself annoyed by this, but have later started to enjoy the new interface. And even though i hate to admit that this was the reason, it actually made me start to remember the shortcut keys.

I’m doing some searches to see how many are starting to recommend not to support IE6, or other older browsers.

I’m just throwing in my advice, and which is also the advice i give people from http://www.brugbart.com, that is to stop supporting IE6.

There are many alternatives for XP users, and even though microsoft has stopped supporting win98, those users are still able to shift to opera.

I generally stopped careing for IE6 when IE7 was released, none of my websites officially supports IE6, and i would highly advice any clients ageinst supporting it.

We as web designers need to start telling users to upgrade their browsers, just as they would upgrade any other software.

We should also understand our place, and we should not be afraid to tell our client that they are wrong, should they insist on support for such browsers. After all we are more in a position to tell whats best to do then they are.

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