Comments on: Why IE6 isn’t dead yet, and how you can twist the knife.

By: changsheng

changsheng — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:22:38 +0000

“The remaining IE6 users are not voluntary IE6 users, but shackled IE6 users” i can’t agree with you more

By: Ramiro Galan

Ramiro Galan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:16:43 +0000

Excellent article. Love it. I never really thought about adding iE6 dev into my quotes but will do so from now on. Excellent thinking!

By: IE6 Scolding: Blaming the Victim? | HowWhyWeb.com

IE6 Scolding: Blaming the Victim? | HowWhyWeb.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:29:10 +0000

[...] the incentive to stick with IE6 by your own volition is small to nonexistent. In light of that, Brian Scates points out that the more effective way to fight the good fight against IE6 is to realize that the real [...]

By: jim

jim — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:58:41 +0000

whats wrong with ie 6 ? i am using it all the time. its fast and confortable unlike ie 7 or 8 cant even pull the BACK AND FORWARD arrow down. so stipid, locked for no reason

By: Brian Scates

Brian Scates — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:08:58 +0000

@Russell: Yes, it’s a good thing FF works on Win2k, and I recommend using that

By: D Russell

D Russell — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:59:06 +0000

Well, one reason some people are using IE6 is because IE7/IE8 will not run on Windows 2000. Why is someone still using W2K, you ask? Cost and speed, plain and simple. W2K runs SO MUCH FASTER than XP or Vista (given the same system specs), has a much smaller memory footprint, and is rock-solid stable. For example, for me to upgrade to Vista, I would need a new, comparable system ($2000+) plus upgrades on several, expensive applications ($3000+). AND, there’s the “fixing and tweaking” period — which robs time and productivity for weeks on end (or more). Not gonna happen, not for a long time.

So, for some people, there is no positive incentive to upgrade their system simply because IE6 is no longer supported.

Good thing FireFox 3+ supports W2K.

By: Richard D James

Richard D James — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:37:31 +0000

Great piece! I was just looking for the current thinking on the IE6 problem as we’ve just found that some 65% of our website traffic comes from IE6 users!!

By: Jonathan Drain

Jonathan Drain — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:12:57 +0000

Insightful! It’s definitely the case that remaining IE6 users are people who can’t or won’t upgrade. I’ve heard that IE8 is gaining popularity but it’s taking most of its share from IE7. IE6 users are the most stubborn.

Fixing websites for IE6 is one of my talents, so I’ve been loath to give it up, even though it’s a hassle. Putting a price on it is a clever solution, especially on a large project or something with a lot of Javascript.

Incidentally, I like the design of this site. Great use of light on dark.

By: Brian Scates

Brian Scates — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:11:34 +0000

Cool project, Hudin. Maybe put some download managers on those sticks too

By: Hudin

Hudin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:54:58 +0000

@Essa, I deal with "3rd world" users daily. The project I'm a lead on, Maneno is focused on attracting more African bloggers to write. Amazingly, the user base on IE6 there is about the same as the rest of the world. Folks in tech are no slouches and like to run the same software as everyone else, but in addition to connection speeds, there is also the issue that power goes out often and so downloading Firefox is tough given that folks are often cut off in the middle of it. This is one of the reasons I travel there with Firefox on a stick to install it on any machine running something old. Their computers for the most part, can handle Firefox fine.