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Someone out there wants to save IE6
Save IE6 features a petition (signed by around 450 people when I checked), quotes from satisfied users, and links to download the browser. Funnily enough, some of the people in favor of keeping IE6 around are web developers, the very group that has been most vocal about being inconvenienced by Microsoft's older model. I'm not sure I buy the "how can IE6 be violating standards when it has essentially BEEN the standard for years?" argument. After all, standards change, and standards have seemingly passed IE6 by.
Updated: Ha! They totally got me. I knew this idea was crazy, but I didn't catch that it was also a really good April Fools' Joke, apparently by Pingdom.
What do you think, Download Squad readers? Should IE6 be saved, or is it time to let go?
| Keep it. It's still a great browser. | |
|---|---|
| Get rid of it. It's a pain in the butt. |
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsBufsabreApr 2nd 2009 9:26AM
i say keep it. why you might ask. because im an asshole and just wanted to go against the grain
bill cant fartApr 2nd 2009 9:13AM
....Are they serious?
Dr NnoApr 2nd 2009 9:30AM
No they aren't. Try to download the browser if you have a doubt. Check also the dates of the campaign...
Lee MathewsApr 2nd 2009 9:39AM
Created by Pingdom and a load of fake endorsements on the sidebar? If that's not an April Fool's joke, I don't know what is.
shamowfskiApr 2nd 2009 9:40AM
Most of the consoles I run at work do not work in anything but IE6. And many of them will never be updated. So I say keep it, because I have to use it.
Peppe BergqvistApr 2nd 2009 9:47AM
"The SaveIE6 campaign was launched on April 1, 2009 and will last until April 1, 2010."
A one year long april fools joke, that's humour;-)
AdamApr 2nd 2009 9:48AM
Download Squad has just fallen for an April fools' joke. Oh, now I see the update!
Patrick #2Apr 2nd 2009 11:51AM
Actually I can see web developers actually doing this, all jokes aside. Because of IE6 they have more work. A webpage that is fully compliant, and thus renders perfectly in Opera and Safari, may render badly in IE6. Since IE6 is still used by many people, including my place of employment, the web developers have extra work to modify the code to work with IE6. If it weren't for IE6, there would be less work, and less web developers.
leodavinci0Apr 2nd 2009 11:43AM
Actually I can see web developers actually doing this, all jokes aside. Because of IE6 they have more work. A webpage that is fully compliant, and thus renders perfectly in Opera and Safari, may render badly in IE6. Since IE6 is still used by many people, including my place of employment, the web developers have extra work to modify the code to work with IE6. If it weren't for IE6, there would be less work, and less web developers.
alahmnatApr 2nd 2009 11:55AM
No. Just no. I'm a web developer and I absolutely despise having to waste valuable time (and it is wasted time... I could put it to much better use doing something *new*) constantly making sure stuff works in IE6.
The browser should be taken out behind the tool shed, shot, lit on fire, and then have its ashes launched into the effing *Sun*.
(Ask me if I'm bitter...)
mApr 2nd 2009 1:01PM
Let's make April, 1st the official 'IE6 day'
JApr 2nd 2009 2:36PM
Unfortunately for those of us in large corporations, we are required to use IE6 to be compatible with internal applications or HR/CRM systems. I don't use it home but have to at work.
WLApr 3rd 2009 8:30AM
Had to be a joke, even MS isn't drinking that kool-aid