Still using IE6?

Are you still using Internet Explorer 6?  But is this a voluntaery decision, or are you forced into using it by your business/backward thinking IT department?  I hope it’s the later.

For those of you who don’t know, IE6 was born in 2001, and was Microsoft’s latest incarnation of their Web browser.  It is particuarly hated amoung the Web design and development due to it’s poor support of W3C standards.

I don’t mind admitting that I am one of those “haters”, and support any action promoting it’s death.  I have nothing (much) against IE as a browser, and if you prefer to use IE compared to other browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Chrome or Opera, then that’s fine and your opinion.  But for the love of God, please upgrade to IE8!  Have a word with your IT department and try to encourage them to upgrade.  Just mentioning IE6′s security flaws should provoke a reaction.  At the very least, stick up a poster ;-)

Some giants of the Web are even hinting at phasing out support for IE6.  The below screenshot shows that YouTube following in the footsteps of Digg, in wanting to cut support for the aging browser.

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