And that was the official answer I mentioned. On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Joshua Miller wrote:
> 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
