I still support <input type=crash>.

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Russell N. Nelson - rnnelson
<rnnel...@clarkson.edu> wrote:
> Another possibility is for us to 1) announce that IE6 is no longer a 
> supported browser, and 2) just stop worrying about IE6. Not take support out, 
> but not worry about IE6. Don't test using it, don't code for it, don't pay 
> any attention to new IE6 vulns. Just let the IE6 support die through bit-rot. 
> If existing IE6 support code causes a problem, take it out. Over time, people 
> who are using IE6 can decide for themselves if they want to continue using 
> it. This method lowers our engineering cost and increases reliability. At 
> some point in the future, ops will report that we have had no visitors using 
> IE6 in the last few months. Then we can go on a hunt for IE6 support and 
> actively remove it.
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> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] IE6
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> "This site is best viewed with Netscape Navigator 2.0 or higher.
> Download Netscape Now!"
> http://web.archive.org/web/19961226001115/www.cae.wisc.edu/~agnew/sp/luna.html
>
> It seems that these messages don't get the point of the web. That is
> to let everyone browse the web with whatever is available to then.
>
>
>
> On 3 June 2011 20:30, Mark Dilley <markwdil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> <aside from main conversation>
>>
>> Would it be a good community gesture to join Microsoft in trying to 
>> eradicate IE6?
>>
>> http://TheIE6Countdown.com
>>
>> or to not join them and put up a more general banner
>>
>> http://IE6NoMore.com
>>
>> and move on?
>>
>> </aside from main conversation>
>>
>
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