How can I help kill IE6?

Question

I am fed up with supporting all the strange behavior of IE6 browser, so I wonder how, as a web developer, I can help kill IE6.

Should I just stop supporting him? I think that there is still a large mass of ashes that use it for various reasons.

Maybe show a special message to IE6 users that asks them to update and hopes this helps? (It helps?)

Any better ideas?

Answer 1

IMHO one of the best ways to do this is to provide IE6 users with a complete but earlier version of your site.

Most companies cannot afford to simply refuse access to people using IE6, and, of course, users do not read messages , so simply denying access to IE6 users will not work.

In addition to this, many users are not able to select a different browser due to their network group policy.

So, I think the best thing you can do is give (perhaps intentionally) a reduced experience (rather than AJAX, a simpler interface) and try to make it clear what would be better if you were in a more modern browser. This is what GMail does, of course.

It is important to make sure that the version of IE6 is still working and not crashing or rendering. IE6 users will see this and think, “Oh, this website is not working, I will no longer visit there.”

This should encourage people to ask their IT department to upgrade.

This is not ideal, but I doubt that any method.

Edit: take a look at this blog post , basically it says what I said

Answer 2

You can add an update notification from http://ie6update.com/ to your site. However, you need to keep in mind that many users have not chosen IE6 of their choice and are not able to update their browser.

Answer 3

First of all, keep in mind that Using IE6 mainly comes from the office (location, not software). If your site is aimed at home users, not office users, you can opt out of IE6 support.

In addition, there are many initiatives. A few examples:

• http://www.stoplivinginthepast.com/
• http://www.stopie6.org/
• http://idroppedie6.com/
• http://www.stopie6.com/

Answer 4

I use IE 6 at work - it got out of my control (I can’t just install other browsers - well, actually, I can, but other applications that do not have administrator rights cannot). Perhaps you should learn to live with the fact that IE 6 is still used in enterprise environments, and you can't do much if you don't want to push away a specific user base.

Answer 5

If you work with a paid client, you are out of luck, your only option is to try to educate him and hope that he understands the type.

As for public sites, well, just drop it. I have not seen IE6 since two or maybe three years on my PC, and I believe that this is enough to bury it.

However, you can display a message to the user, but not to say that he is using an outdated browser, but something with a more psychological touch: “Does this page look broken for you? Perhaps this is because your browser is damaged. Fixed? Get an update . ".

Answer 6

Consider adding the css provided at http://www.ie6nomore.com/ to your web pages. This is a friendly little message that tells users to update :)

Answer 7

I am sure that all of my sites still "work" completely in IE6, but that does not bother me if there are some display problems. For example, things may not line up perfectly, or some non-essential javascript may not work.

Answer 8

The problem is that in most enterprise environments, IE6 is still a standard browser. This will slowly collapse in the future when Vista / Win7 replaces XP as the most common OS. Prior to this, I see little chance that IT departments will voluntarily flip IE7 or 8 when there is no obvious need to do this (do not fix it if it is not broken).

He will need at least one of the big guys (Google, Amazon, Yahoo ...) to push IE6 without supporting it anymore. Since this will reduce the number of potential customers in the short term, they are unlikely to do so. You must decide for yourself if the potential loss of a client is worth the effort for you, if you no longer support it.

If you decide not to support it anymore, give your users a short message about it (maybe, like the notification panel here in SO format?), As well as a link to a more detailed explanation of why you decided this.

Having said that, I just want everyone to stop supporting IE6 now .