[css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread John
According to the article linked below, MS is going to take more active steps to encourage people to dump IE 6 if true, what are the real-world, practical, every-day implications of this for coders? Does it mean that, after MS takes these steps, we can basically forget about hacking and

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread Barney Carroll
Does it mean that, after MS takes these steps, we can basically forget about hacking and kudging our sites to work with IE 6? No. Microsoft have yet to explain exactly how these updates will be introduced (particularly for XP users). The idea is that Internet Explorer updates, including whole

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread John
On Dec 16, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Barney Carroll wrote: For pre-Vista users though, Ie8 is the maximum version number. For people who have disabled Windows updates, and for people in corporate lock-down policy, IE6 will continue to be the only browser. OK..to me, it sounds like IE 6 will continue

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread David Laakso
On 12/16/2011 11:00 AM, John wrote: On Dec 16, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Barney Carroll wrote: For pre-Vista users though, Ie8 is the maximum version number. For people who have disabled Windows updates, and for people in corporate lock-down policy, IE6 will continue to be the only browser. OK..to

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread John
On Dec 16, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh wrote: If you work for a development company you have to adhere to the company policy. What ever it is. But if you and independent developer the company policy is what ever you want it to be. The percentage of IE6 users is so low I

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread Ed Goodson
If you work for a development company you have to adhere to the company policy. What ever it is. But if you and independent developer the company policy is what ever you want it to be. The percentage of IE6 users is so low I don't see why it can't be ignored. One more interesting question: who

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread Barney Carroll
Sounds from your comments that some/many companies feel that IE6 usage is so insignificant as to make accommodating it to be more costly than any benefit gotten from the accommodation. Is that the feeling? I work for a digital marketing agency that churns out a fairly large number of

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread John
This sounds encouraging...for a small web presence, like an artist's portfolio, can a web author reasonably ignore IE 6, or should one first gauge who's visiting with what browser first? I can say that visitors to my site who might want my services are not going to be users of IE 6 and all

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread David Laakso
On 12/16/2011 3:09 PM, John wrote: This sounds encouraging...for a small web presence, like an artist's portfolio, can a web author reasonably ignore IE 6... John Yes, of course, ignore IE/6 for a contemporary artist's portfolio. Best, Vincent Arles

Re: [css-d] IE 6 news implications

2011-12-16 Thread John D
OK..to me, it sounds like IE 6 will continue to be an issue to be dealt with for the foreseeable, conceivable future. It will continue to be an issue only if you continue to support it. As soon as you draw a line somwehere then your target audience will also switch quickly. This