Upgrade from IE 6 already...

[Roger]

Originally Posted by Q. Sheets

I propose that we as FIRSTers, join in too

I say we, as FIRSTers, do not.

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Given the aggressive windows update process, most users of licensed versions of windows have already upgraded. The ones that have not are either corporate workstations whose IT departments need to keep all users equal or users of unlicensed windows versions who cannot upgrade.

Originally Posted by likzuz

I've been hearing buzz all around the internet (and I think it is confirmed) that Microsoft will be "forcing" their IE8 out through windows update. So those unsuspecting IE6 users will automatically change.

Or there are people like me --legal, licensed, private owners -- who pick and choose what to update. I've been caught in too many first-day updates that haven't had the bugs shaken out of them yet.

Originally Posted by Q. Sheets

Because it is not a standards compliant browser, Internet Explorer 6 poses many problems to us web designers.

So, what did web designers do when IE6 first came out? Was it non-compliant even then?

I have various versions of various programs on various computers. Some are the newest, some older. I may upgrade, eventually, on the computers; I may not. The reasons I upgrade or not are my own, not because a web designer or programmer or bean-counter or society itself seems to think it may or may not be current or "compliant". Personally, I get turned off by websites that say I should use this browser or that browser, or by people that say Xyz browser, or anything for that matter, is "the best".

Should I buy a new cellphone every year because it's out of date? Should I drink that beverage or wear those clothes because it's the latest or "fashionable"? Why should I upgrade my software that worked when it came out, just because it's incompatable with your current standards?