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What technology has that system should require it?

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Why is IE6 still a corporate favorite in some organizations?

As of July 2010, IE6 browser usage is still at around 7%. ( w3schools.com ). It is known that most IE6 installations come from companies that have internal software systems that absolutely require the use of Internet Explorer 6 and install the browser on most, if not all, machines in the specified institution.

What exactly are these systems that they should use this browser to run their software?

Some of the initial thoughts that I had were:

  • Relying on IE6 CSS injection for proper page display.
  • Relying on the implementation of IE6 Javascript, which takes care of the logic of the page.
  • IE6 specific web elements specific to IE6.
  • IE6 extensions / plugins required for proper web application processing.
  • Security restrictions introduced in IE6.

What cases have you all seen in the wild?

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Some internal web applications may rely on ActiveX, which only works in Internet Explorer (as far as I know). (So, this will be an instance of item 4. on your list.)

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It’s not only that these programs were written specifically for IE6, but the cost of updating all their internal software when it “works” (a lot of emphasis on quotes) makes most top managers invest in other places, especially in today's economy .

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Various theories:

  • According to Paul, legacy technologies such as Active X or MS are the old version of JAVA startup time.
  • IE 6 had very broken CSS rendering, so everything written "just look right" in IE6 with CSS probably breaks down a lot in all other browsers.
  • Sloppy / lazy developers who wrote IE6 applications, not web applications
  • Sloppy / lazy upper management o is paid for for IE6 applications, not for web applications.
  • Apathy in Internal IT Preventing Desktop Updates
  • Apathy in top management to maintain modern equipment is actually relevant
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  1. The supplier has not certified / tested its software for new browsers.
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Most of the resistance to the updates that I saw comes from users who fail to learn new tricks, for example, to adapt to the fact that the control is located elsewhere in the new version of the software.

The IT department can work on testing / deploying the software that it really needs, but if users don’t like it, the deployment will fail, regardless of how much better / faster / cleaner / safer the new version is.

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The governments (Great Britain, Argentina, most of Los Angeles) tested IE as the default browser (I mean not the charter, but the whole country) with IE6 and have never been updated for almost ten years? and Windows XP is by far the most installed OS in the world, with ie6 sp1 as the main browser.

ie6 will be here until 2014 for end users and for governments, I would add 5 more (at least in Los Angeles).

will there be peace by then? who knows, will make your work easier. at any cost. will your client plus $$ for your ie6 version? ttt.

On the other hand, you could cause losses for the client, because visitors navigate www with outdated software and you no longer support ie6?

Its a cyber-educational thing, people once realize (perhaps before 2014) that the browser is not a folder.

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