Microsoft Finally Pushing IE6 Users to Upgrade

[amasen]

I bet they are doing this because their own browser won't work well with Bing 😀 and to get it to do so requires stupid amounts of development time

As a web Developer myself, all I can say is... IT IS ABOUT TIME.

 

[zerapio]

[citation][nom]p05esto[/nom]Sorry, but I'm a prefessional web developer of 14 years and prefer IE to all other browsers. The launch speed, the way text looks in IE, MS/IE integration and features/security are all reasons I like IE best. Safari is #2 and FireFox is dead last, that browser just seems old and grungy to me. Don't know, just personal preference I guess. Shoot me.[/citation]

IE6 features/security? Seriously? If it was so great why is MS forcing people to change? No offense but I'd seriously question your professional opinion.

 

[goonting]

We are forced to retain IE6 for compatibility. more than 100units here.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

I'm on Windows 7 64-bit & Google Chrome. While IE8 is in fact better than IE7, it still isn't great. The 64-bit version of IE8 seems to work a little better than the 32-bit version and doesn't seem as resource intense, although I wouldn't say I have the best tools to validate that. I haven't been impressed with Firefox since v1.5, however I'm curious about the new Minefield coming out. I wish Adobe would hurry up and make plugins that are compatible with 64-bit browsers in Windows. I think they already exist for MAC and Linux, neither of which I'm on.

 

[JonathanDeane]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom] I haven't been impressed with Firefox since v1.5, however I'm curious about the new Minefield coming out. I wish Adobe would hurry up and make plugins that are compatible with 64-bit browsers in Windows. I think they already exist for MAC and Linux, neither of which I'm on.[/citation]

I just downloaded the Firefox portable version of Minefield and I have to say it seems much better to me now. I probably will still use Opera as my first choice but at least now when I switch to Firefox for those pages that Opera does not like at least I will not be as lost as I am now. (I cant put my finger on what they changed but it just seems less cluttered or something, maybe if I was a regular user I would know more)

 

[shqtth]

well prople running windows 2000, can't run IE7. And safari doesn't install properly on windows 2000. So, I don't think all Ie6 users can upgrade that easily.

I refuse to install firefox. If I want to use firefox I use it under linux.

 

[curtasian]

The company my dad works at actually has moved over to IE7 in the past year and all they do is make workforce management stuff. http://www.kronos.com/ It gives me a bit of hope that places are (slowly) moving away from IE6

So what if some places are slowly moving towards IE7 by the time they get there they will still be behind.

I agree with hellwig and captaincharisma

 

[Guest]

I think the solution to kill ie6 is plain and simple from the start. What Microsoft should have done was to package IE to computer manufacturers an upgraded version so that clients who buy pc and laptops will not need to upgrade. Most of the people who buy computers are either lazy or too stupid to upgrade. I can't find any logical reason or explanation why Microsoft can't do this regardless of any legal, copyright, etc... issues.