Comments on: Should We Stop Supporting IE6? http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/2009/08/30/should-we-stop-supporting-ie6/ Advice for project managers and Internet professionals who need to test websites Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/2009/08/30/should-we-stop-supporting-ie6/#comment-1359 admin Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:19:27 +0000 http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/?p=144#comment-1359 Hello K, Thanks for stopping by. You know, you are dead right about the corporate users and I myself have come across this very recently with a recent site launch for a FTSE 250 company (since I wrote the article). Hopefully, once XP starts to fade away (I guess we're relying on Windows 7 to take hold where Vista didn't) then IE6 will also finally disappear. It does mean that, as you say, we will need to continue to test in IE6 for corporate clients and users. Kind regards, Tom Hello K,

Thanks for stopping by. You know, you are dead right about the corporate users and I myself have come across this very recently with a recent site launch for a FTSE 250 company (since I wrote the article). Hopefully, once XP starts to fade away (I guess we’re relying on Windows 7 to take hold where Vista didn’t) then IE6 will also finally disappear. It does mean that, as you say, we will need to continue to test in IE6 for corporate clients and users.

Kind regards,

Tom

]]> By: K http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/2009/08/30/should-we-stop-supporting-ie6/#comment-1356 K Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:24:06 +0000 http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/?p=144#comment-1356 This article is a few months old, but recently I've gone deeper into the IE6 jungle and there's a very important group of people still using IE6: corporate users. Many large companies have sent company-wide memos prohibiting users from updating company machines. It's not just archaic logic, there's a point behind it. Because of the way Internet Explorer is so deeply ingrained into Windows, updating the browser can actually break other programs and prevent them from working. Large companies using custom-built software could stand to lose millions in man hours from a software update. I imagine they will eventually work it out, but who knows how long it could be. So for now, designers and builders will have to continue to test in IE6+ (I draw the line at pre-IE6). This article is a few months old, but recently I’ve gone deeper into the IE6 jungle and there’s a very important group of people still using IE6: corporate users. Many large companies have sent company-wide memos prohibiting users from updating company machines. It’s not just archaic logic, there’s a point behind it. Because of the way Internet Explorer is so deeply ingrained into Windows, updating the browser can actually break other programs and prevent them from working. Large companies using custom-built software could stand to lose millions in man hours from a software update. I imagine they will eventually work it out, but who knows how long it could be. So for now, designers and builders will have to continue to test in IE6+ (I draw the line at pre-IE6).

]]> By: admin http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/2009/08/30/should-we-stop-supporting-ie6/#comment-383 admin Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:05:22 +0000 http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/?p=144#comment-383 Hello Billy, Thanks for stopping by and letting me know. I don't mind my articles being placed on other blogs or web sites as long as they credit me as being the author and link back to this blog. Kind regards, Tom Hello Billy,

Thanks for stopping by and letting me know.

I don’t mind my articles being placed on other blogs or web sites as long as they credit me as being the author and link back to this blog.

Kind regards,

Tom

]]> By: Billy Korando http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/2009/08/30/should-we-stop-supporting-ie6/#comment-382 Billy Korando Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:51:41 +0000 http://www.testing-web-sites.co.uk/?p=144#comment-382 This article is being plagiarized here: http://www.code-purity.com/stop-supporting-internet-explorer-6/ Help let the world know about this bloggers habits by reddit or digging these stories; http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9rhyw/plagiarism_doesnt_pay/ http://digg.com/programming/Plagiarism_doesn_t_pay_Turnleaf_Design This article is being plagiarized here: http://www.code-purity.com/stop-supporting-internet-explorer-6/

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