Many web site owners and developers will happily dance on the grave of Internet Explorer 6. We can not count the hours and brain cells wasted on that browser since 2001. However, as the Site Point blog points out IE6 will not die soon even though version 8 will be pushed out by Microsoft as a “high priority update”:
Unfortunately, IE6 users have already blocked previous IE7 updates – there is no reason why they should suddenly feel any urgency to install IE8. Many IE6 users may be unable to switch because they are:
- on a restricted corporate network or depend on IE6-only web applications
- using an older version of Windows, such as 98, ME, 2000, or XP SP1
- using an illegal copy of Windows with disabled updates, or
- ignorant or nervous about using the Windows Automatic Update system.
Or perhaps they prefer the simpler browsing experience that IE6 offers?
Global statistics of IE6 usage is still at 25% — or one in four visitors to your site. So before you stop testing your web site in IE6 make sure that your are not driving away large numbers of people from your site. The default Ashford theme is tested with every release in IE6, IE7, IE8, FF3, Safari 3 and Chrome.
The easiest place to test your site is at Xenocode Browser Sandbox.
Update: There are some IE6 isses that have arisen since I posted this, so I’m eating my own dog food and working to fix all bugs in this browser with the next release v0.4.
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