What a mess this forum is

[voodooflux]

I'm sure I used block-caps

I was just about to post the same thing - my post (and the quote) seemed to be converted to lowercase

[Jeebo72]

IE6 wasn't a priority, .

Yip don't worry about your customers ... sheesh ... that's not a good attitude. I guess the mountain will come to you.

[NickFitz]

That's rather an elitist response.
(Standard programmers response #6 - "It works ok on my machine guv!")

Sounds like an excuse for insufficient time spent in requirements gathering.

Oh well.

The situation is analogous to a piece of desktop software not working on Windows 2000. There may be people stuck with Windows 2000 in corporate environments saddled with incompetent head-in-the-sand the-future-is-never IT departments, and it is worth finding a way to support them, but it isn't as high on the list of priorities as getting it working on the platforms in widespread use to provide a solid basis on which to apply backwards compatibility.

Current stats from StatCounter suggest that Worldwide, IE6 has just over 10% usage:



which goes down to just over 4% in the UK:



Even allowing for IE7, something like two-thirds of people are using a browser that ought to be capable of displaying the site without issues. That figure may be higher here due to the number of people accessing the site from a client's, which is what makes it worth fixing. However IE6 is no longer a dominant browser and, if necessary, it will just get a barebones skin with almost no styling whatsoever.

[Mich the Tester]

Nick, stop defending yourself. No need. The app’s fine and just needs a little cosmetic tuning; much better than the tulipe I’ve seen clients put into production.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Just checked HAB Inc.com and IE 6 is nearly 20% of visitors.

[FiveTimes]

Even allowing for IE7, something like two-thirds of people are using a browser that ought to be capable of displaying the site without issues. That figure may be higher here due to the number of people accessing the site from a client's, which is what makes it worth fixing. However IE6 is no longer a dominant browser and, if necessary, it will just get a barebones skin with almost no styling whatsoever.

Nick,
Just a suggestion - as there has been talk of a phone/netbook/workzone forum why not wrap IE6 into this category ?

[cailin maith]

How many versions of IE are there?

Ooooh get me - I knew that IE meant Internet Explorer

[Churchill]

The situation is analogous to a piece of desktop software not working on Windows 2000. There may be people stuck with Windows 2000 in corporate environments saddled with incompetent head-in-the-sand the-future-is-never IT departments, and it is worth finding a way to support them, but it isn't as high on the list of priorities as getting it working on the platforms in widespread use to provide a solid basis on which to apply backwards compatibility.

Current stats from StatCounter suggest that Worldwide, IE6 has just over 10% usage:



which goes down to just over 4% in the UK:



Even allowing for IE7, something like two-thirds of people are using a browser that ought to be capable of displaying the site without issues. That figure may be higher here due to the number of people accessing the site from a client's, which is what makes it worth fixing. However IE6 is no longer a dominant browser and, if necessary, it will just get a barebones skin with almost no styling whatsoever.

Thanks for the feedback. However, you're not in a position to wag the dog.

[FiveTimes]

Just checked HAB Inc.com and IE 6 is nearly 20% of visitors.

Just checked one site I did
Top Three
34.40% IE 8.0
24.40% IE 7.0
16.40% IE 6.0

[minestrone]

How many versions of IE are there?

Ooooh get me - I knew that IE meant Internet Explorer

Well the latest is IE8 so...