IE6 Countdown

[Amos Shapira]

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.

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