YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye
YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye.
Judging by this screenshot taken by an IE6 user who was watching some videos on YouTube, it appears the Google company will be phasing out support for the browser shortly. I don’t have Internet Explorer 6 installed on my computer, so I can’t verify this first hand, but illogical it seems not and a simple Twitter search shows multiple people confirming the news. Heck, some are even downright ecstatic over the news.
The online video behemoth is pointing to ‘modern’ browsers like Google Chrome (twice on the same page even, unsurprisingly), Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.5 as alternatives.
With the impending move, YouTube follows in the footsteps of that other Web 2.0 poster child, Digg, which recently hinted at wanting to cut support for the browser too. Digg’s User Experience Architect Mark Trammell at the time wrote that the site is strongly considering removing essential features like digging and commenting for IE6 users. He explained that while IE6 users make up around 5% of site traffic, it only accounts for 1% of diggs, buries, and comments.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
HEY-IT – We want to get rid of IE6!.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:02 pm
IE6 Update.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Woah, People Really Don’t Like IE6.
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