On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 09:41 -0500, tedd wrote: > At 7:02 AM -0600 2/10/10, Shawn McKenzie wrote: > >Lester Caine wrote: > >> Since a large section of our USER base is still tied to W2k and does not > >> have access to install other software, the call for IE6 to die is STILL > >> somewhat premature! > >> What is needed is someone to kick M$ to sort the mess out by at least > >> allowing IE8 to install on W2k machines, rather than telling hundreds of > >> councils they have to replace ALL their computers :( > >> > >> The alternative is to convince M$ controlled councils that Firefox is OK > >> and that using it will not invalidate their contracts - but then all the > >> work currently being done to convert legacy setups to work with *IE7* > >> would have to be scrapped and reworked on Firefox. Many of my customers > >> have only just got funds to start an *IE7* roll out! Redoing all that > >> work for IE8 is yet another problem for which money is not available. > >> > > > >Support of any type for Win2K is over in 5 months. Better upgrade. > > > >-- > >Thanks! > >-Shawn > > > In addition to that, the "stats" on visitors show that IE6 popularity > is dropping at around one percent per month. In January it was around > 10 percent. As such, I believe that before the end of this year IE6 > will be history regardless of IF management wants to upgrade or not. > > Lastly, I think I have a good feel for the general consensus of > developers regards to IE6. I won't be considering it any longer for > web development before the end of this year and I don't think I'm > alone. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > My own stats on my site put it at about 1.2% of my total visitors this year, which is half of what it was in 2009. As for developing for it, I don't really think it's worth my time any more. Unless a client specifically asked for it, and I was not able to dissuade them, then IE6 is left out of my testing now. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
