> There is a technological barrier for IE6 on XP users; IE9 does run on > Windows Vista and Windows 7 only. Ending support for IE6 does not help > reducing engineering costs if the market share of IE7 is still high.
> Therefore, support should be graded, and user education is advisable. > http://devblog.xing.com/qa/do-web-applications-need-to-provide-the-same-features-in-every-browser/ I agree that web designers should take up some of the burden of educating users about the benefits of browsing with a modern browser. However, the extra effort it takes to code this might make it worthwhile only for high volume sites. For many sites, the small percentage of IE6 market share translates to very few hits. I think ending support for IE6 does reduce engineering costs. If one supports both IE6 and 7, one will have to implement hacks for both browsers. Only when IE6 users cannot access a significant number of sites will they think of upgrading. By forcing IE6 users to upgrade, we are helping them make their computers more secure. Corporate users can continue using IE6 for their intranet web sites, but we don't need to bend over backwards to allow them to access our websites with it. They can always have a modern web browser installed for web surfing. ~Chetan Crasta ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
