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From: Karl E. Peterson on 3 Feb 2010 20:02 mayayana wrote: >> Gee :-| I still have IE6 on my work PC and Google is not the only one >> no longer "supporting" this browser, as the number of websites that look >> "funny"and behave "wierdly" seems to grow as the days go by. I >> wonder how long MS Windows Updates will work with this browser. > > Google has said that only Google apps are not > going to support IE6. I have seen talk on Slashdot, > though. There seems to be a movement among > web designers and others to specifically try to > get people to stop using IE6. > > I actually target only IE6. I have to write a > different page for IE6 because it lacks :hover > support. And since I have to do that anyway, I > skip the DOCTYPE tag, which according to MS > is supposed to render pages like IE6 in IE7 and > IE8. That way I don't have to play around trying > to get the layout to work in all IE versions. http://digg.com/microsoft/IE6_No_More_Popular_Web_Companies_Start_Project_to_Kill_IE6 -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Ralph on 3 Feb 2010 22:29 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:OWNGpWTpKHA.5520(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > mayayana wrote: > >> Gee :-| I still have IE6 on my work PC and Google is not the only one > >> no longer "supporting" this browser, as the number of websites that look > >> "funny"and behave "wierdly" seems to grow as the days go by. I > >> wonder how long MS Windows Updates will work with this browser. > > > > Google has said that only Google apps are not > > going to support IE6. I have seen talk on Slashdot, > > though. There seems to be a movement among > > web designers and others to specifically try to > > get people to stop using IE6. > > > > I actually target only IE6. I have to write a > > different page for IE6 because it lacks :hover > > support. And since I have to do that anyway, I > > skip the DOCTYPE tag, which according to MS > > is supposed to render pages like IE6 in IE7 and > > IE8. That way I don't have to play around trying > > to get the layout to work in all IE versions. > > http://digg.com/microsoft/IE6_No_More_Popular_Web_Companies_Start_Project_to_Kill_IE6 > Looked like an interesting Site. Unfortunately I can't open it with my IE6. -ralph
From: mayayana on 3 Feb 2010 23:06 > > Looked like an interesting Site. Unfortunately I can't open it with my IE6. > I got a "civilian" view of this today. My non-techy brother went to a busline website to find the schedule. He got a message that his IE6 is too old and should be updated. His reaction was an incredulous, "I just want a bus schedule!". As it turned out, the schedule was merely a scanned GIF or JPG image of the paper schedule, almost too small to read. :)
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 4 Feb 2010 00:06 Tom Shelton <tom_shelton(a)comcastXXXXXXX.net> wrote: >> http://www.saveie6.com/ ;-) >> > >LOL... I should have read the site first :) Funny. Hehehe, especially the fine print. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Nobody on 4 Feb 2010 11:31
"Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage(a)swspectrum.com> wrote in message news:sunlm5h7otf9sbmvf0v1ne6mi658qld0j3(a)4ax.com... > LOL! Given the recent security exploits, wouldn't I be telling them to > f*** themselves if I > recommended they continue to use IE 6.0? ;-) > > Upgrade! It's free! From Idiots' Explorer 6 to gigantic Idiots' Explorer 8? No way. |