Comments on: Google starts the “anti-IE6 crusade”. Let’s hope it works http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/ Thoughts on life, liberty, and information technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:43:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: brian http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-410958 brian Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:46:20 +0000 http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-410958 "IT admins are dragging their feet in upgrading to something else — they feel it’s a security issue" Those IT admins should be fired. Oh, I forgot, you said it was a government job. You can't fire them. :o “IT admins are dragging their feet in upgrading to something else — they feel it’s a security issue”

Those IT admins should be fired.

Oh, I forgot, you said it was a government job. You can’t fire them. :o

]]> By: Ztron http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-410954 Ztron Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:36:39 +0000 http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-410954 Many, many government computers, especially defense-related are stuck with IE6. IT admins are dragging their feet in upgrading to something else -- they feel it's a security issue but what they don't quite get, at this point, IE6 is one of the most unsecure browsers around. So that's definitely contributing to that ridiculous IE6 market share. I noticed mint.com just dropped support for IE6 -- way to go mint!! Many, many government computers, especially defense-related are stuck with IE6.
IT admins are dragging their feet in upgrading to something else — they feel it’s a security issue
but what they don’t quite get, at this point, IE6 is one of the most unsecure browsers around.
So that’s definitely contributing to that ridiculous IE6 market share.

I noticed mint.com just dropped support for IE6 — way to go mint!!

]]> By: brian http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-386820 brian Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:49:50 +0000 http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-386820 About 11% of CSFBL users use IE6. Interestingly, IE and FF (all versions of both) make up 93% of our users, split almost evenly (IE has a slight edge). I guess we're ahead of the curve. I don't plan on doing extensive testing for IE6 with CSBB. It'll be IE7+, FF2+, Safari 3+, etc.. At some point, a mobile/"light" UI version will be available with very simple interfaces -- old browser users will be able to use that. That's an interesting IE6 approach: Force those users to use a mobile-device optimized interface. That should accelerate the upgrade curve a bit! About 11% of CSFBL users use IE6. Interestingly, IE and FF (all versions of both) make up 93% of our users, split almost evenly (IE has a slight edge). I guess we’re ahead of the curve.

I don’t plan on doing extensive testing for IE6 with CSBB. It’ll be IE7+, FF2+, Safari 3+, etc.. At some point, a mobile/”light” UI version will be available with very simple interfaces — old browser users will be able to use that.

That’s an interesting IE6 approach: Force those users to use a mobile-device optimized interface. That should accelerate the upgrade curve a bit!

]]> By: Chris G. http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-386771 Chris G. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:05:41 +0000 http://www.sidesofmarch.com/index.php/archive/2009/01/02/google-starts-the-anti-ie6-crusade-lets-hope-it-works/#comment-386771 Might be interesting to look up the CSFBL's stats and see where we can ditch IE6 compatibility (if possible). Might be interesting to look up the CSFBL’s stats and see where we can ditch IE6 compatibility (if possible).

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