Upgrade from IE 6 already...

[synth3tk]

Somewhat off-topic and partially humorous, but I got soooo pissed trying to fix this one issue in Internet Explorer (which came down to a CMS module that IE didn't like) that I wrote this webpage and redirected all IE users to it until I solved the problem. I still have no clue what exact line of code caused it, but I'm not too worried over it.

I received a lot of "lolz" from this page.
http://weareevil.net/sorry-ie-user.html


Back on-topic, what determines what the standard browser is? Some panel of judges who vote for it bi-annually? An unbiased corporation? I mean, if it's really up to the users, then as web developers, couldn't we somehow bring it to their attention? Not like forcing users to a separate webpage or anything, but subtle things such as a notice or message on our websites. Maybe making a campaign to convert people to another browser, or at the very least, upgrade to a newer version of IE. I understand the corporations who have hundreds, even thousands, of computers, and if I were in the IT's shoes, I certainly wouldn't want to be the one upgrading all of those computers and fixing applications that depend on IE6.

But consumers have a choice.