On 8 July 2011 11:49, david <[email protected]> wrote: > Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh wrote: >> >> Developers *used* to ask "Can we stop supporting IE6 now?" >> >> Now we've reached the point were continuing to support IE6 is a mistake, >> and >> bad for the community as a whole. The handful of lagging users who still >> cling to this antiquated platform need a wake-up call. They need a slap on >> the keyboard rather than a holding hand. >> >> Continued support for IE6 is counterproductive--a bad strategy for the >> community at large. > > And we've been through this before. My employer uses IE6 for its 1600+ > employees. We do this because some of our mission-critical corporate web > apps don't work in anything except IE6 (including newer versions of IE).
Also, for the month of June, NetMarketShare is still showing over 10% of browsers are IE6, probably related to the fact that over 50% of the OSes are WinXP and a lot of those people (1) don't know how to install a browser, and/or (2) don't run (for whatever reason) Windows Updates. And some of that over 10% is undoubtedly due to employers like David's. Does a business want to dismiss that large a segment of potential customers? -- T. R. Valentine Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.' -- Erasmus ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
