We all know that Web sites should be programmed to run on most modern browsers; nothing is more frustrating to a user than to be told their software is too old to view your site.
However, we also know that Internet Explorer 6 is a buggy, non-compliant, frustratingly difficult browser to support, as this CNN article points out. Personally, I’ve seen time that could be spent on innovation and engagement devoted to band aid-type efforts to make simple sites work properly in IE6.
That’s why I’m excited to see a grassroots movement that includes Web developers and designers finally taking aim at this albatross. Their mission is not anti-Microsoft. If it were, they wouldn’t recommend upgrading to IE8 as one of their solutions. Rather, they are trying to make sure development time isn’t being wasted supporting a completely buggy piece of software whose time has long gone by.
So, if you’re on IE6, please, please, please, upgrade your browser as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Web might just be leaving you behind.
Tags: browser, ie6, internet explorer
My friend, Carl, sends this:
“Scroll down, read the footer
http://www.newtoyork.com/“
Save the world from a bad browser, get a better browser, and feed 8 hungry people: http://tinyurl.com/kvndw4. Apparently even MS realizes IE6 … MUST DIE!