> Secondly, if you guys, who wish to drop IE6, wish to work with APAC
> customers, that might be a tad problematic to have both wishes granted at
> the same time. Last week I was able to see what browsers several large
> Asian companies tend to use. IE6 - IE8. 20% IE6, 20% IE7, 30% IE8, rest -
> o
Firstly, I doubt all will go as M$ plans it will. Especially with the
market share percentages, that are supposed to drop to less than 1%.
Secondly, if you guys, who wish to drop IE6, wish to work with APAC
customers, that might be a tad problematic to have both wishes granted at
the same time. La
Barney Carroll wrote:
The misleading implication with this news from MS is that users who
have been inexplicably stuck on IE6 will all be moved forward by
this. The sad fact is a lot of IE6 is intentional lock in. Here in
the UK almost all government employees have it as their only browser
— and
Barney Carroll wrote:
The misleading implication with this news from MS is that users who
have been inexplicably stuck on IE6 will all be moved forward by
this. The sad fact is a lot of IE6 is intentional lock in. Here in
the UK almost all government employees have it as their only browser
— and
The misleading implication with this news from MS is that users who have been
inexplicably stuck on IE6 will all be moved forward by this. The sad fact is a
lot of IE6 is intentional lock in. Here in the UK almost all government
employees have it as their only browser — and that's a matter of go
You only should maintain a certain codebase if there is a business case
for it. If your biggest customer would only use IE6 and is willing to
pay for maintaining the codebase, then do so.
However, given the dwindling number of IE6 installations (and which will
be actively migrated by MS in the n
> 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 a
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
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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 that
> 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
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 ar
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 l
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 me,
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 contin
> 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 whol
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 kudging
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