Yea but he's asking for support on something that doesn't work with css3/html5 which bootstrap is based on. There is almost no way to even come close to getting a similar effect to what you see on modern browsers, in IE6 at all.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Bill Lazar <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to extend a pointless discussion, since Mark gave the official answer, > but IIRC the OP said his app had a requirement to support IE6. Whether we > agree or disagree on the priority of supporting IE6 generally the OP's > question was asked in the context of his app's requirements. > > Bill > > On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Joshua Miller wrote: > >> 30% of 1 country isn't enough in the grand scheme of what all web >> users use. 30% out of China's total out of the whole browsing >> community isn't much. And of those who still use "ie6" very few might >> venture towards your site since most don't know any better to get >> something better....If you're going to focus on the minority we might >> as well focus on those still using firefox1 or ie2. You're presenting >> a fact in the grand scheme of developing bootstrap isn't going to mean >> a thing since it'll just be lots and lots of headaches and hacks that >> are unnesscary.... >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:45 PM, tom12010 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Please read the OP's initial post: "...(almost 30% of all chinese >>> people still use it [IE6] )..." >>> That's NOT very very few people. >>> Only an excessively biased geek with little or no real world >>> experience could fail to realize that that 30% represents several >>> million or billion people in CHINA, one of the world's most populous >>> countrues. >>> Please read forum messages more carefully. >>> That said, Bootstrap probably won't work well in IE but one might >>> could figure out how to *imitate* some of TWBS' appearance within IE6. >>> >>> On Mar 5, 12:54 pm, Joshua Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Plus there are very very few, and rare that you encounter a user still >>>> using IE6. And it's not worth the hassle to support that rare few. >> >> >> >> -- >> ~ Josh Miller >> >> A young guy learning to program and develop websites all while still in >> school > -- ~ Josh Miller A young guy learning to program and develop websites all while still in school
