The death of IE 6 in 2009?

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The death of IE 6 in 2009?
Topic Started: May 12 2009, 08:08 PM (150 Views)
AGFApan	May 12 2009, 08:08 PM Post #1
Amateur Poster Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: January 4, 2008	Anyone here who has experience with CSS knows that Internet Explorer 6 is the one retarded browser, which does things a little differently than everyone else, and almost always requites special coding to work right. Microsoft has announced it will support IE 6 with security updates as long as Windows XP is supported, which is up to 2014. With the possibility of having this "special" browser around for another five years, many Web designers have made a bold decision. As far as Web design goes, December 31st, 2009 is the last day for IE 6. After that date, new Web sites will not be made with IE 6 in mind. The goal is to force users to upgrade to a modern browser. I don't know if this effort will be successful, but I hope they are. I do know that if I'm not getting paid for it, it is not supporting IE 6.



Dark Knight	May 12 2009, 08:32 PM Post #2
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	Good riddance to the piece of crap. For the most part I try to get IE6 to behave but sometimes there is just no way to make it happen.
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


AGFApan	May 13 2009, 07:14 AM Post #3
Amateur Poster Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: January 4, 2008	The big problem I have any more is finding a machine that has IE 6. It will not run on Vista without some work and I doubt it will run on Windows 7. I don't know if it is considered a good practice, but any more I redirect IE 6 to the old Website: <!--[if lte IE 6]> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> window.location="http://oldwebsite.com/"; </SCRIPT> //--> And if you really want to be mean, there is a lot of code out there that will crash IE 6.



Dark Knight	May 13 2009, 08:33 AM Post #4
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	I used to just use a different CSS for IE6. I don't know if that's proper or not but you can do it and it works
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


Speedy	May 13 2009, 07:47 PM Post #5
Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	I already quit coding for IE6, the fact that my site works in IE6 is sheer dumb luck.
	Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"/ Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." - Charles M. Schulz Software Reviews


trewert	May 13 2009, 08:16 PM Post #6
Wanderer in the Fog Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: January 28, 2007	Hey, does that mean I will have to install IE7 or IE8 although I use Firefox?



AGFApan	May 14 2009, 08:06 AM Post #7
Amateur Poster Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: January 4, 2008	No, it is only an IE issue. Oddly enough, even old, Netscape 4 works with most CSS. For some reason Microsoft decided around IE 5 that they were going to reinvent the web with their proprietary code and decided not to follow open standards. With the belief that users would follow them, as they always had. I'm sure there is more to it than this, but I'm only going on memory. I know there was also a lot of hype about the new IE 8 breaking Web pages, and the beta versions had me a little worried. So far it seems that if the page isn't displaying correctly in IE 8 then it also will not validate correctly either. Microsoft seems to have gone in the other direction. If you say it is "XHTML 1.0 Transitional" then it better be.



trewert	May 14 2009, 04:52 PM Post #8
Wanderer in the Fog Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: January 28, 2007	Transitional would mean that it can be interpreted like HTML 4, too, wouldn't it? I know that I don't need any version of IE to run FF. I wonder if I need to install IE7/8 nevertheless.



Corum	May 14 2009, 07:54 PM Post #9
Sphincter Posts: 125 Group: Members Member #33 Joined: November 2, 2007	Only if you want to install the IE tabs addon for FF.



AGFApan	May 14 2009, 09:43 PM Post #10
Amateur Poster Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: January 4, 2008	If you are going to write web pages it would be a good idea. However, as I've said before, I'm a Linux user, I know just enough about Windows to be dangerous. Anyway, it has been a long time since I looked at an HTML 4 book. But that was just an example. The surest way to find out is to try to validate your code. I have found that if there are validation errors, then there likely will be display errors in IE8. Firefox might forgive using <br> but in IE8, with said document type, it better be <br />. I can't say I like using IE8 at all. Unlike Google Chrome it is not a simple nor beautiful interface at all. Like most Microsoft interfaces it is too complex, disorganized and assumes the user is an idiot. However, I can say I do not hate writing for it.



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