// February 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Website Resources
IE6, well, was a browser with fresh features when it first came out but it is currently 8 years old (must be about 160 human years).
It is still around, mostly because it came bundled with many distributions of the most popular Windows OS ever: XP & bad luck that users still have that old CD.
So, within time, unlike every software, it didn’t disappear, got more powerful & managed to build new communities around it: "designers & developers who try to overcome the IE6 difficulties", "users with bad browsing experiences".. : ).
Now it can even:
- Make a web project development process longer
- Shorten the life of a web designer / developer (that’s what I had tweeted while working on an IE6 compatibility)
But it is time to go now. Hopefully quickly (with the medal).
Within this 8 year period, just for IE6, designers & developers are:
Defining The Problems & Creating Solutions
Position Is Everything provides an amazing list that defines Internet Explorer problems (not only IE6) in detail & shows some workarounds.
CSS-Tricks presents the most common IE6 problems that can be faced including the box model & double margin bug.
Dave Woods explains several IE6 CSS bugs & how they can be fixed.
A script, inspired from supersleight, to fix the popular transparent PNG problem. There are also many others like:
One of the first fixes which is developed continiously. It adds near-native PNG support with alpha opacity to IE 5.5 and 6.
And there are many others like:
Trying To Stop It!
A campaign to acknowledge users that still browse with IE6. Users can find the reasons for upgrading IE6 & with a scripr presented a warning can be displayed to IE6 users.
The website lists the reasons why IE6 isn’t needed anymore & provides a script. The script can be installed on any website which will display why users shouldn’t use IE6 to users who visit the website via IE6.
A website that encourages website owners to drop IE6 support & lists the ones already dropped.
A very similar campaign that aims to stop the usage of IE6. It provides easy-to-install widgets that redirect users with IE6 to their website for informing them.
Even Wrote Letters
Want to have IE6-related fun for a few moments? Then this website is for you.
It displays short letters - by users - that is written to IE6.
A very funny letter written to IE6. From the letter:
It’s not you, it’s me. You’re still the same girl I met 7 years ago.
There are also letters written to IE6 users like this one.
And, Many Already Decided Not To Support It
Or Support It Partially
Conclusion
If IE6 hadn’t existed, we would probably be more productive by having the time spent on fixing bugs & writing hacks.
And, it is very clear that, if we, web designers & developers, don’t drop the support, IE6 is not going anywhere.
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