On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Chad wrote:
> All browsers die eventually, it's our job to kill support around the
> same time. Not while there's still a good percentage using it (and
> 20% is a fair chunk), but rather when it's practically un-used anyway.
This is precisely it. We will cease to
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:02 AM, GerardM wrote:
..
> Aan u verzonden door GerardM via Google Reader: Norwegian Websites
> Declare War on Internet Explorer 6 via Wired Top Stories door Michael
> Calore op 19-2-09 Several prominent websites in Norway are refusing to
> support the antiquated IE6 bro
2009/2/20 Chad :
> TBH: The 2010 date might not be a bad one to target for IE legacy
> support. When the company doesn't support it, we shouldn't bother
> either. At that point, people who are using IE6 are just too far behind
> the curve to be bothered with. If we kept this "must support it"
> men
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/2/20 Chad :
> > I would be willing to bet the vast majority of IE6 users left are
> > on corporate networks as mentioned above, and have little to
> > no control over what browser they use. At my former job, XP
> > and IE6 were the stand
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Sherool wrote:
> Actualy there is one big reason not to: As long as people continue to
> carter for IE6 then less computer savy users will see no reason to upgrade
> because "it still works". I believe that's precicely the reason it's
> market share remains fairly
2009/2/20 Chad :
> I would be willing to bet the vast majority of IE6 users left are
> on corporate networks as mentioned above, and have little to
> no control over what browser they use. At my former job, XP
> and IE6 were the standard supported platforms, and they had
> given no indication of wi
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Aryeh Gregor
wrote:
> Wikimedia's goal is not to better humanity in some unspecified way.
> It's to disseminate free knowledge. Pestering users who probably
> can't fix the problem does nothing to advance that goal. If we're
> going to try moralizing our users, w
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Sherool wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:50:41 +0100, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
>
> > 2009/2/20 Aryeh Gregor
> >
> >:
> >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Thomas Dalton
> >> wrote:
> >>> There are different levels of support. We should certainly make sure
> >>> t
2009/2/20 Hay (Husky) :
> Unfortunately, IE6 (and IE7 as well) are problems that all web sites
> got to live with. IE6 is still used by about 34% of all web users
> (according to the latest statistics from thecounter.com), so banning
> those users or not paying attention to problems they might hav
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:50:41 +0100, Thomas Dalton
wrote:
> 2009/2/20 Aryeh Gregor :
>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Thomas Dalton
>> wrote:
>>> There are different levels of support. We should certainly make sure
>>> things fail gracefully for IE6, but a new feature not working on IE6
>>
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Sherool wrote:
> The argument is that the people who still use IE6 now are not likely to
> ever change on their own because "it still works".
That argument is evidently wrong, given the number of people still
using IE5 and NN4 (i.e., basically none). Eventually p
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:16:06 +0100, Aryeh Gregor
wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:02 AM, GerardM
> wrote:
>> Hoi,
>> Would this be a model to follow ?
>> Thanks,
>> GerardM
>>
>> Aan u verzonden door GerardM via Google Reader: Norwegian Websites
>> Declare War on Internet Explorer 6 via Wi
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Stephen Bain wrote:
> If some new major feature is added that a given old browser doesn't
> support, a banner message could be displayed akin to the one Brion put
> in place recently for mobile users not using the mobile gateway.
Hmm.. so anytime you visit Wikipedi
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> There are different levels of support. We should certainly make sure
> things fail gracefully for IE6, but a new feature not working on IE6
> shouldn't be a reason not to implement it for everyone else. (I
> believe that is pretty much the
Unfortunately, IE6 (and IE7 as well) are problems that all web sites
got to live with. IE6 is still used by about 34% of all web users
(according to the latest statistics from thecounter.com), so banning
those users or not paying attention to problems they might have with
certain website elements i
2009/2/20 Aryeh Gregor :
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
>> There are different levels of support. We should certainly make sure
>> things fail gracefully for IE6, but a new feature not working on IE6
>> shouldn't be a reason not to implement it for everyone else. (I
>>
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> There are different levels of support. We should certainly make sure
> things fail gracefully for IE6, but a new feature not working on IE6
> shouldn't be a reason not to implement it for everyone else. (I
> believe that is pretty much the cu
2009/2/20 Aryeh Gregor :
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:02 AM, GerardM wrote:
>> Hoi,
>> Would this be a model to follow ?
>> Thanks,
>> GerardM
>>
>> Aan u verzonden door GerardM via Google Reader: Norwegian Websites
>> Declare War on Internet Explorer 6 via Wired Top Stories door Michael
>> Calore
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:02 AM, GerardM wrote:
> Hoi,
> Would this be a model to follow ?
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> Aan u verzonden door GerardM via Google Reader: Norwegian Websites
> Declare War on Internet Explorer 6 via Wired Top Stories door Michael
> Calore op 19-2-09 Several prominent websit
Hoi,
Would this be a model to follow ?
Thanks,
GerardM
Aan u verzonden door GerardM via Google Reader: Norwegian Websites
Declare War on Internet Explorer 6 via Wired Top Stories door Michael
Calore op 19-2-09 Several prominent websites in Norway are refusing to
support the antiquated IE6 browser
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