<p>I think I'd rather help the world get rod of IE 6 even in favour of another version of IE instead of being stuck with an excuse for broken web sites.</p>
<p>At the end of the day we are stuck with broken web sites because people use IE 6, not because they use IE 8.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 07/03/2011 6:22 AM, "Oron Peled" <<a href="mailto:oron@actcom.co.il">oron@actcom.co.il</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Saturday, 5 בMarch 2011 23:59:45 Amos Shapira wrote:<br>
>> Not directly Linux related but a source of a lot of pain for Linux users in<br>>> Israel:<br>>> <a href="http://ie6countdown.com/">http://ie6countdown.com/</a><br>> <br>> We should direct people to proper replacements:<br>
> <br>> * It's pretty transparent Microsoft tactics: Every copy of IE6 is a<br>> good target for migration to modern browsers (Firefox, Chrome,<br>> Safar, Opera) However, they ask web administrators to "support the<br>
> cause" by putting a banner pointing to.... (download another IE version)<br>> <br>> * Also note that XP users (those that have IE6 installed)<br>> may hope at best for the old and cranky IE8 (MS said they're not<br>
> going to have IE9 for XP)<br>> <br>> People, please avoid pointing to this outright propaganda.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492<br>> <a href="mailto:oron@actcom.co.il">oron@actcom.co.il</a> <a href="http://users.actcom.co.il/~oron">http://users.actcom.co.il/~oron</a><br>
> If your Windows box is dead, it is doing what it does best: nothing.<br></div>