Comments on: The In Excusable and Inherently Evil IE 6, IE Display issues! http://www.radical.ie/blog/2009/01/26/the-in-excusable-and-inherently-evil-ie-6-ie-display-issues/ Latest news and ideas... Fri, 18 May 2012 01:18:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Matthew Finucane http://www.radical.ie/blog/2009/01/26/the-in-excusable-and-inherently-evil-ie-6-ie-display-issues/#comment-17161 Matthew Finucane Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:44:57 +0000 http://www.interactivereturn.com/blog/?p=204#comment-17161 There is the argument that as web developers we have to make sure the user is looked after first and foremost and we have to make absolutely sure that most, if not all users have the same experience on your website irregardless of what platform and browser they are using. Then there is the argument that by supporting users who use these older obscure browsers we are saying it is ok to keep using IE6 and not upgrade. I wonder what reasons there are for users sticking with IE6. Windows XP has been around a lot longer than anticipated due to the fact that Vista was such a disaster. People have been reluctant to upgrade as a result, and that coupled with the fact that pirate copies of windows XP means that they cannot upgrade due to the windows genuine advantage tool preventing them from doing so (although I hear that restriction has been removed in recent times). I like what Google do with gmail. If you access it using an older browser they inform the user along the lines of 'for a better gmail user experience please use a supported browser'. This is the line I'm going to take from now on. My sites 'work' in ie6 but they don't look as pretty or elegant as they would in firefox/IE7. I'm simply not going to waste my time on IE6. There is the argument that as web developers we have to make sure the user is looked after first and foremost and we have to make absolutely sure that most, if not all users have the same experience on your website irregardless of what platform and browser they are using.

Then there is the argument that by supporting users who use these older obscure browsers we are saying it is ok to keep using IE6 and not upgrade.

I wonder what reasons there are for users sticking with IE6. Windows XP has been around a lot longer than anticipated due to the fact that Vista was such a disaster. People have been reluctant to upgrade as a result, and that coupled with the fact that pirate copies of windows XP means that they cannot upgrade due to the windows genuine advantage tool preventing them from doing so (although I hear that restriction has been removed in recent times).

I like what Google do with gmail. If you access it using an older browser they inform the user along the lines of ‘for a better gmail user experience please use a supported browser’. This is the line I’m going to take from now on. My sites ‘work’ in ie6 but they don’t look as pretty or elegant as they would in firefox/IE7. I’m simply not going to waste my time on IE6.

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