On 16/03/2011, at 1:08 AM, Markus Ernst wrote:
Am 15.03.2011 17:14 schrieb Gabriele Romanato:
With the final release of IE 9 and the good work behind IE 8, I think
it's time to move on:
http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2011/03/stop-supporting-ie-6-and-7.html
I don't want to read other mails about ie6 and 7 on this list anymore
:-) please... :-)
I do not agree. What browsers you support is also based on your
target audience. I read that IE6 has still more than 30% in
statistics on China. Similar values might apply to browser usage in
African countries or whereever.
If you have an old computer and don't want or can't afford to
replace it by a newer one, you also might want to keep the OS
installed, as a current OS might consume more resources than your
computer has available (and new OSs on old computers do often make
problems anyway).
So, if your target audience is young people in highly developed
countries, your point makes absolute sense. But if your users might
be elderly, or live in less developed countries, you might still
have reason to want your pages look ok in IE6.
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I'm English, living in China and Markus is spot on. We can't judge
people by our own standards, and there is a heck of a lot that we're
probably not aware of. To name a few: it's not their computer they're
using and have no access to upgrade. There are websites that only
function on an ie6 (or ie6 modded browser). How can you educate a
majority of people about browsers when 'internet/website' isn't even a
commonly used word?
You just have to understand who your audiences are and what they're
using. You also need to consider your client and what it means to
their brand if a portion of visitors experience faults.
I am all for IE6 posts because it is something that some of my clients
and therefore myself need to seriously consider. Believe me i'd prefer
never to hear that abbreviation again but that's life (for some).
Markus, your stat could be right however other browsers used here (CN)
are IE6 mods making the market share considerably higher. Some
mainstream online banking services will only work on this type of
browser and for many that could even be their only real use of the
internet. They use keyrings/fobs to add some safety to an extremely
unsafe browser.
Their developers only ever talk in ASP, .net or flash because they
themselves must realise browser issues but have come to their own
methods of getting around it. Right or wrong there's no governing body
on this and one person's attitude cannot dictate what the internet
should be like and challenge one of it's main points of existence -
freedom and all of that jazz. I agree with the point that as
developers we should encourage education about all of this but it's
not always as simple as that.
I'm surprised list mom allowed this to be aired because it's a no -
brainer really: people post about IE6 because it still matters to
them. Is there any need for more reason than that?
peas, cb
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