Comments on: Mailbag Q & A II Answers http://davidwalsh.name/mailbag-ii-answers Legendary scribbles about JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, PHP, CSS, and ∞. Wed, 23 May 2012 04:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rpflohttp://davidwalsh.name/mailbag-ii-answers#comment-7697 rpflo Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:01:15 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=1378#comment-7697 Drop IE6? Depends on the site.Typically if the content of the page for visitors is straightforward and "brochure"-like, I'll support it.For a more complex site that is more of an application than a brochure I charge a lot of extra to support IE6 (if possible)--or at least give the IE6 visitor something to do at the site, albeit very different from the real one.But for the admin side of a website I don't support it anymore--ever (and usually just ignore IE 7 as well). Drop IE6? Depends on the site.

Typically if the content of the page for visitors is straightforward and “brochure”-like, I’ll support it.

For a more complex site that is more of an application than a brochure I charge a lot of extra to support IE6 (if possible)–or at least give the IE6 visitor something to do at the site, albeit very different from the real one.

But for the admin side of a website I don’t support it anymore–ever (and usually just ignore IE 7 as well).

]]> By: Dmitry-Shhttp://davidwalsh.name/mailbag-ii-answers#comment-7668 Dmitry-Sh Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:35:04 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=1378#comment-7668 I've dropped the support for IE 6.0 already, as it was done by Apple.<blockquote> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13786/should-we-support-ie6-anymore Is it time to do away with IE6 programming? Yes. </blockquote> I’ve dropped the support for IE 6.0 already, as it was done by Apple.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13786/should-we-support-ie6-anymore
Is it time to do away with IE6 programming?
Yes.

]]> By: cssProdigyhttp://davidwalsh.name/mailbag-ii-answers#comment-7659 cssProdigy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:59:48 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=1378#comment-7659 Great mailbag. I completely agree with what you said about IE6 but if we as designers and developers don't drop support or provide a way for users to upgrade, people will still be using IE6. Great mailbag. I completely agree with what you said about IE6 but if we as designers and developers don’t drop support or provide a way for users to upgrade, people will still be using IE6.

]]> By: Mark Sanbornhttp://davidwalsh.name/mailbag-ii-answers#comment-7654 Mark Sanborn Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:05:14 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=1378#comment-7654 I got a tweet from Eric Meyer just a bit ago that said, there were still a million people using IE5.01. Depending on your site and how important these types of users are to you, I don't think many of us can get rid of IE6 any time soon.Like you have pointed out, not everyone is a tech person. Many people don't keep her machine up to date. Let alone care what browser they are using.Fortunately IE gives us a way to provide IE specific content and there are JS scripts that help old versions of IE to become more compatible. I got a tweet from Eric Meyer just a bit ago that said, there were still a million people using IE5.01. Depending on your site and how important these types of users are to you, I don’t think many of us can get rid of IE6 any time soon.

Like you have pointed out, not everyone is a tech person. Many people don’t keep her machine up to date. Let alone care what browser they are using.

Fortunately IE gives us a way to provide IE specific content and there are JS scripts that help old versions of IE to become more compatible.

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