Why do I still support IE6?
I read an interesting article about Companies Are Dropping IE6; Vendors follow accordingly.
While Internet Explorer 6 collapses in the enterprise, Internet Explorer 8 is picking up fast:
“Current data from the exo.repository shows a dramatic spike in IE 8.0 adoption, with over 70% of Windows XP systems – sampled from the exo.performance.network’s IT-centric community of nearly 23,000 registered sites – now running Microsoft’s latest web browser. This compares to the less than 10% of XP systems that are still running the aging IE 6.0, and the roughly 20% who are stuck on the in-between version, IE 7.0.
As a web developer, i thought IE6 was a great player in Browser world, when no competitor could match IE at that time. But now, IE6 is a pain for any web developers. It’s the only browser with problems could make it different from other browsers. I give you an easy example, PNG transparancy. PNG has became a popular format for images on current Interwebs world, still IE6 can’t handle it right. If you see pixert.com in IE6, there are bugs need to be fixed
It makes sense for developers to drop IE 6 and move on with those reasons. Google Apps did it, why can’t we? It will make our job easier, painless and happier
However, some clients still need it? why ?
It is same reason with Socialtext, “as much as we would like to move beyond IE 6, we have enterprise-wide security-conscious customers that still require supporting it for their users. These are valuable forward looking customers for whom we must be backwards compatible ”
Whether i like it or not, there are 10% use IE6 on their systems. I’m offering web services, that something I can’t ignore yet until it drops to less than 5% or it cannot hold to new web standards, HTML5 and CSS3.
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