Look here for their policy on IE6 support, which points you to their OS support policy:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=14&y=5&p1=2073 Under "Additional Products" you come to the following: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeadditionalproducts There's no indication that IE6 is being supported independently of any OS that it was initially made available for, and all of those OSes are outside of mainstream support. That plus rampant insecurity is more than reason enough to move away from supporting it. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * Signature powered by WiseStamp <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Bill Songstad <bsongs...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is difficult to side with those that want stop support when Microsoft is > committed to supporting it until 2014. I can't say its insecure since its > under general support even. Sure Google Sites isn't supporting it or > Youtube, but those aren't really business sites... Its starting to like > like my developers are going to be irritated. > > -Bill > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Roger Wright <rhw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=ie6+support+ends&hl=en&ei=bXBHTJjONoSInQf0hIWlBA&start=10&sa=N >> >> >> Die dulci fruere! >> >> Roger Wright >> ___ >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Roger Wright <rhw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I stand corrected. >> > >> > >> > Die dulci fruere! >> > >> > Roger Wright >> > ___ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Roger Wright <rhw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Does Microsoft even support IE6 anymore? I don't think so... >> >> >> >> >> >> Die dulci fruere! >> >> >> >> Roger Wright >> >> ___ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Bill Songstad <bsongs...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I work for an association that produces several newsletters for its >> >>> membership, but a recent website upgrade is causing IE6 to display our >> pages >> >>> poorly or not at all. I would like to build an argument to stop >> supporting >> >>> IE6 and also help encourage users to upgrade. Does anyone in >> the group have >> >>> any good arguements about using or supporting IE6? >> >>> >> >>> Our readership is 10% IE6. So marketing is screaming support it. The >> >>> developers are saying its junk anyway and they need to be off it. I >> have my >> >>> own opinions on it but would like to recommend a "general industry >> opinion". >> >>> >> >>> So, what sayeth the industry? >> >>> >> >>> -Bill >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
