 Ie6 - When Will Be Dead ?, discution about developers and Internet Explorer 6 |
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 Jul 2 2008, 09:38 AM
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Newbie [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 2-July 08 Member No.: 64,470  |
QUOTE Most web designers will have copies of each of the leading browsers installed on their system — for testing purposes. However, given the percentage of readers who come to HTMLSource still using Internet Explorer 6, there are obviously a huge amount of people out there who haven’t been told that there are better browsers available. What do you think, when will be the time, when developers won't have to test their work in IE6 ?? I am waiting for that time to arrive  This post has been edited by electriic ink: Jul 2 2008, 10:39 AM |
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Jul 2 2008, 10:39 AM
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Incest is a game the whole family can play.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,227 Joined: 11-February 05 From: Heaven Member No.: 3,709 |
It will be dead in about 2 years probably.
If you look back into the past, you'll see that IE6 was released in August 2001, yet, according to w3schools, IE5 maintained a significant market share (10%) until November 2004, over three years later: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp So if you apply that to today, testing on IE6 should cease just over three years after IE7's release, which is in early 2010. |
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 Jul 2 2008, 05:17 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 86 Joined: 30-June 08 From: Kicevo, Macedonia Member No.: 64,391 |
Just to add to the subject, IE will die faster as soon as Microsoft stops preloading it right into the system with giving a choice to install other browser, and/or giving a choice to uninstall it once installed. Then IE's share will certainly drop and every web-dev in the world will be happy
As for MS IE 6 as a version of Internet Explorer, it will die sooner or later, my expecatitions are next year and I don't agree with electriic ink because the humans are awake and more concered about their browsers from before, IE's share constantly drops in favour of the alternative browsers. If IE goes to 50% share there will be a huge alarm in Microsoft which I think will raise the awareness of the company about their browser product and they will give more into IE making it a worthy browser to use, not just to test in  Cheers P.S. I personally when I'll get my trap17 hosting (No ads ) I won't test in IE. I will just recommend Opera/Firefox/Safari and move on.
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Jul 3 2008, 01:01 AM
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Ephesians 6:10-17 Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,916 Joined: 22-June 05 From: The World of Gentoo Member No.: 8,528 |
QUOTE(white_eagle @ Jul 2 2008, 01:17 PM)  Just to add to the subject, IE will die faster as soon as Microsoft stops preloading it right into the system ... IE6 will die even faster if people would stop designing for it. Usually the main reason for something's existence is due to the support it has. IE6 isn't anything special, the only thing it can do that many other popular browsers can't is use ActiveX and update your Windows system. QUOTE(white_eagle @ Jul 2 2008, 01:17 PM) P.S. I personally when I get my trap17 hosting (No ads ) I won't test in IE. I will just recommend Opera/Firefox/Safari and move on.I've been doing that for about a year and counting. 
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Jul 3 2008, 02:59 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 628 Joined: 13-December 06 Member No.: 35,271 |
I agree with the guy who said 2 years, but I wish it was sooner. Really restricts web designers who want a wide and vast audience.
Truefusion you make a great point, if web designers stopped supporting it, then there will be no need for it, it'll come obsolete. Sooner the better in my opinion. |
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Jul 3 2008, 07:45 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 2-July 08 Member No.: 64,470 |
Our goal is coming very soon to finalization....
After all your posts I say that one year will be enough. To argument my believe I quote an article from computerworld.com QUOTE As was the case last month, Firefox's June share was a new record for the open-source browser, which has been on a two-month climb after being interrupted in April when its share slipped somewhat. Last month's increase was nearly equal to the increase of the month before, which in turn had been the largest for Firefox since December 2007. Safari and Opera also posted record market shares in June, reported Net Applications, while IE reached a record low last month. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...;intsrc=hm_list Another thing .... if you say that the best thing is no to test our work in IE6, what should we do if our clients asks for IE6 support??? Should we not fulfill our clients expectation??? This post has been edited by xebay: Jul 3 2008, 07:46 AM |
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Jul 3 2008, 09:02 AM
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|||[ n00b King ]||| Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 687 Joined: 20-June 07 From: Auckland Member No.: 45,102 |
why would you want to support IE 6? Unless you have clients using pirated windows which is a common case because they cannot legally update to IE7. I was working on a site for my friend one time and he wanted me to fix things for IE 6 and I asked why don't you just upgrade their browser to IE 7 and its because they cannot. Another reason IE 6 is still being used a lot is probably because of piracy because if you could you would upgrade to IE7 much better browser then IE 6.
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Jul 3 2008, 10:27 AM
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Incest is a game the whole family can play. Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,227 Joined: 11-February 05 From: Heaven Member No.: 3,709 |
QUOTE(white_eagle @ Jul 2 2008, 06:17 PM) If IE goes to 50% share there will be a huge alarm in Microsoft which I think will raise the awareness of the company about their browser product and they will give more into IE making it a worthy browser to use, not just to test in But it never will. The majority of people who use the Internet use it once in a few days for a few hours each time. These people couldn't care less how standards-compliant the browser is and if the browser is easy to test on. Despite Firefox and Opera being very well-known, IE still has 83% of the market share - something Firefox developers can only dream of. Firefox's share of the market is almost certainly capped at 25 - 30%. http://www.onestat.com/html/aboutus_pressb...rket-share.html QUOTE(sonesay) why would you want to support IE 6? Because IE6 users represent a good 30% of your clients. To not do so would turn away business. QUOTE(sonesay) Another reason IE 6 is still being used a lot is probably because of piracy because if you could you would upgrade to IE7 much better browser then IE 6. Possibly. I think it's more that the average IE6 user does not care enough about browsing the Internet to want to upgrade to IE7. Many get upgraded by force when they buy a new computer. |
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Jul 3 2008, 01:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 113 Joined: 26-June 08 Member No.: 64,201 |
tell you what.. IE6 will be dead when people will st |