Is IE6 done for?

[jpakaferrari]

Recently Google has announced that they will phase out support for IE6 just weeks after Microsoft made a security patch to keep it going. Just today I was reading this article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8492862.stm

So what do you think, is it time for businesses around the globe to just move on? If so should they all be looking to IE7 or move to Firefox or Chrome? Will the move from IE6 be bad for business? Just share your thoughts on the topic. And please at least skim the article so that you are just making random off handed remarks.

 

[Calhoun347]

No, IE6 should have been phased out long ago. If your going to use IE they need to use the latest version, 8. Preferably though they would use Firefox or Chrome.

(Personally I love Firefox, but have since switched to near-full time Chrome.)

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Guess I really should try Firefox, I do keep hearing about some really interesting apps and all.

I would just go ahead and keep the compatability, but that's me.

 

[jpakaferrari]

No, IE6 should have been phased out long ago. If your going to use IE they need to use the latest version, 8.

The way that business works and the reliability that they need out of systems cannot be done in the same way as you can at home in updates. They need absolute reliability and full patched versions. Updating to IE8 would leave a lot of vulnerabilities. If they were to switch to Firefox it would most likely be an update to FF3 not FF3.5 because its tested and true.

 

[RUINER ACTUAL]

It makes sense. Each new web browser isn't just another way to bring in customers or make your brand wider known. They add new features like Flash ActionScript 3.0, fix glitches, and improve security. So if you really want to keep using IE6, you might not be able to view some things on a web page, or an entire web page.

So if we're on IE8 who really cares about IE6? Are we suppose to hold a funeral? It's not like upgrading an operating system.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

I certainly hope so, IE6 is a venereal disease afflicting the internet, crippling development and opening all sorts of security vulnerabilities. That most of the internet is still using a browser that was horribly out of date when it was released is indicative that asking people nicely to stop using the stupid piece of junk isn't going to work.

All I can say to this news about dropping compatibility is "It's about bloody damn time!".

 

[Timotei]

I think it's time to move on from IE6. I would recommend IE7 to more people, but in huge dick move by Microsoft it is no longer compatible with a lot of computers, so they have to use IE8 instead, which chucked many of the little tools people liked (spell check, translator) and chucked them out the window.

That's why me and a lot of people at my school are switching to Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari. Hell, even the school switched over all the browsers to Firefox.

 

[Stranger of Sorts]

They should have done that a while ago. If I was them I'd ease Google off all browsers apart from Chrome, but slowly and with plenty of GET CHROME FOOLS along the way

 

[Pimppeter2]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!


Incidentally, I only just started using Firefox.


I wonder how this will effect mobile phones?

 

[kazakun853]

UMMM I got a dumb question what's the difference never really notice one

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

UMMM I got a dumb question what's the difference never really notice one

Good question

My guess is apps.

 

[The Last Nomad]

I think a better plan for google would be to get microsoft to pay google to keep up support for IE6, or even better yet get shares from microsoft to keep up support, and then google will be one step closer to world domination

 

[jpakaferrari]

UMMM I got a dumb question what's the difference never really notice one

Most of the differences between updates of IE releases is underlying architecture that you never see. That means that its more secure and has better functionality for certain programs that are run over the Internet. So for the average user its mostly just about what you like. For businesses being able to link certain applications through the Internet is vital. So updating any one piece of software (browsers, programs, OS) requires changes in all the others.

 

[DazZ.]

UMMM I got a dumb question what's the difference never really notice one

Difference between what?

I hope IE dies soon, it's always the browser that has a problem with anything I make when all the others load it perfectly.

 

[jpakaferrari]

I think it's time to move on from IE6. I would recommend IE7 to more people, but in huge dick move by Microsoft it is no longer compatible with a lot of computers, so they have to use IE8 instead, which chucked many of the little tools people liked (spell check, translator) and chucked them out the window.

Most businesses don't have to worry about this problem because they haven't updated to windows 7 or even vista.

 

[DuplicateValue]

It doesn't bother me - I've been using Chrome for ages. Plus now it has extensions, so it's more or less Firefox, but faster and cleaner.

I don't work for them, I swear - I just really like it.
Except I can't find a decent theme for it. :/

 

[mikecoulter]

I really, really wonder sometimes who still uses anything lower than IE8/7. They must go out of their way not to update.

But then again, everyone in the world should just switch to Google Chrome... Haha.

 

[kazakun853]

UMMM I got a dumb question what's the difference never really notice one

Most of the differences between updates of IE releases is underlying architecture that you never see. That means that its more secure and has better functionality for certain programs that are run over the Internet. So for the average user its mostly just about what you like. For businesses being able to link certain applications through the Internet is vital. So updating any one piece of software (browsers, programs, OS) requires changes in all the others.

Thanks