IE6 - when is the end?
Here came such an idea. Now there is such a situation that, according to statistics, many will continue to develop their projects for IE6. Many of his support refused at all. And many still put the usual warnings on sites that the browser is out of date.
The result is some kind of mess, which creates some inconvenience to IE6 users, when on some sites they see such warnings, on others they are fine, and on some resources the layout elements are generally scattered in different directions. Whether to use warnings on their sites about an outdated browser is an eternal holivar of developers, there are ardent supporters, there are ardent opponents. As a result, at such a pace, this not-so-good browser will last for about six months, as everyone console themselves, but a year and a half. (this can be seen from the same statistics of LiveInternet, where it can be seen that in a few months the share of IE6 fell by only a couple percent)
I do not pretend to be original, and I don’t have time to do it now, so I’m publishing the idea here: is it possible to disable IE6 support on the side of Internet / hosting providers? Unfortunately, in this area I am not particularly strong, so I have nothing to paint here, I just suggested. This may include collecting signatures of developers, collective writing letters to providers, and so on.
Ideally, disabling IE6 (more precisely, blocking the browser by hosting and Internet providers) should occur at the same time for all providers, as a result, we get that a user visiting your project’s website will see something like - “Sorry, your browser is outdated, update ”(well, of course, in a more beautiful, understandable form, as it has now been done by many js-scripts), he will think -“ Well, nafig ”, will dial another address (even a competitor) - and there’s the same garbage. As a result, you have to upgrade whether the user wants it or not.
It turns out that disabling this browser will take a maximum of a couple of days, well, maybe more. The eternal holivar will stop, website development will take less time, infected computers will become less well, etc., this list can be supplemented for a long time, I think it’s not worth explaining.
Who has any thoughts, opinions? Interesting to listen. Yes, the only thing I ask is do not breed a holivar on the topic of development for IE6. I would like to see real thoughts about blocking IE6 on the side of providers.
PS Of course, I understand that on the part of providers this is a big step and that not all of them will first agree. Therefore, your ideas on this subject are interesting, maybe we can find some solution?
Yes, I don’t write much on the hub, so tell me where you can move it :)
The result is some kind of mess, which creates some inconvenience to IE6 users, when on some sites they see such warnings, on others they are fine, and on some resources the layout elements are generally scattered in different directions. Whether to use warnings on their sites about an outdated browser is an eternal holivar of developers, there are ardent supporters, there are ardent opponents. As a result, at such a pace, this not-so-good browser will last for about six months, as everyone console themselves, but a year and a half. (this can be seen from the same statistics of LiveInternet, where it can be seen that in a few months the share of IE6 fell by only a couple percent)
I do not pretend to be original, and I don’t have time to do it now, so I’m publishing the idea here: is it possible to disable IE6 support on the side of Internet / hosting providers? Unfortunately, in this area I am not particularly strong, so I have nothing to paint here, I just suggested. This may include collecting signatures of developers, collective writing letters to providers, and so on.
Ideally, disabling IE6 (more precisely, blocking the browser by hosting and Internet providers) should occur at the same time for all providers, as a result, we get that a user visiting your project’s website will see something like - “Sorry, your browser is outdated, update ”(well, of course, in a more beautiful, understandable form, as it has now been done by many js-scripts), he will think -“ Well, nafig ”, will dial another address (even a competitor) - and there’s the same garbage. As a result, you have to upgrade whether the user wants it or not.
It turns out that disabling this browser will take a maximum of a couple of days, well, maybe more. The eternal holivar will stop, website development will take less time, infected computers will become less well, etc., this list can be supplemented for a long time, I think it’s not worth explaining.
Who has any thoughts, opinions? Interesting to listen. Yes, the only thing I ask is do not breed a holivar on the topic of development for IE6. I would like to see real thoughts about blocking IE6 on the side of providers.
PS Of course, I understand that on the part of providers this is a big step and that not all of them will first agree. Therefore, your ideas on this subject are interesting, maybe we can find some solution?
Yes, I don’t write much on the hub, so tell me where you can move it :)