Re: OT-- do I really need to upgrade my IE 6.0??

Bob Levine wrote:
BillW50 wrote:
In news:h66ufo$qjn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Bob Levine typed on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:23:37 -0400:
IE 6 sucks and it's the bane of the existence of any web designer. I
refuse to support it without being paid extra.

Oddly enough, I find the newer browsers to be bloated pieces of junk. And if websites stop supporting IE6, then they will get less hits on their sites. If that is what they want, then it is fine by me. No big loss to me if they want to cut their own throats. I see companies do this all of the time. Sad isn't it?

It's going to start happening more and more. If you really find IE6 better than current browsers, I would respectfully question your knowledge in that field.

Sites will still open, and in many cases will look fine, but in others, float drop, the 3 pixel jog, and other "fun" assorted problems caused by the lack of support for the box model will cause problems.

And again...I'll be happy to support it, but it's a lot more work and more testing. I deserve to be paid for that, don't you think?


You sound just like Microsoft. Yeah that is what I need, more bloatware. lol

I didn't necessarily mean to IE7 or IE8. Firefox is an excellent standards compliant browser and for a nice streamlined browser, Google Chrome is pretty good, too...and fast.

Apple seems to have a winner with Safari 4.

Finally, I don't give a rat's behind if you or anyone else wants to use eight year old technology, but the OP asked a question and I answered it.

I'm sticking to my answer.

Bob


Based on experiences of one of my clients this week, supplemented by my research, I have to advise people to avoid Internet Explorer 8. AVOID!

Client uses Amazon.com web site and a local public library web site. Neither allows her to log in with IE 8. Microsoft actually has the chutzpah to publish a list of hundreds of web sites known to be incompatible with IE 8. Yes, all the Amazon sites are on the list. The library is small potatoes, so it did not make the list.

IE 8 also has an item accessible from the Tools menu called "Compatibility View", where you are supposed to be able to set IE 8 to access a web site as though it was still IE 7. Either because my client did not do it right (possible) or because "Compatibility View" is not truly IE 8 compatible, Amazon.com still could not be accessed.

XP would not allow client to uninstall IE 8, so aapparently you can't go back to IE 7 once the IE 8 virus hits.

So once again... AVOID INTERNET EXPLORER 8 !!!!

Why in hell does Microsoft do such stupid things. This is not Microsoft bashing. This is reality, folks!

I have half a notion to install Firefox on client's computer. I think I will, rather than farting around surgically removing IE 8 and reinstalling IE 7... Ben
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