YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
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YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
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Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#2I hate IE6 as much as the next guy, but not everyone has the option to switch: http://blog.digg.com/?p=878
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#3I've heard that IE6 is prevalent within the federal government.
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#4This is the biggest example I've seen of the network of YC alumni organizing to do something. YC itself didn't organize this or even know about it.
I've been looking forward to seeing what this type of network can do that a traditionally hierarchically structured organization can't.
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#5I've heard that IE6 is prevalent within the federal government.
I'm guessing most of the remaining IE6 installs are inside corporations and government departments and are necessary to run legacy internal web applications.
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#6from the comments:
You do realize that a large portion of people that are using IE6 are at work where they have NO control over the browser...
i hear this every time the ie6 argument comes up, and yet, i've never heard from someone that actually works in one of these IT departments that can vouch for this.
who are these unsympathetic robots who, while ironically working in an IT department, are so out of touch with technology that they fail to understand their users are stuck using insecure, out-of-date software that is now increasingly being blocked? are these users still using 500mhz machines with windows 98, too?
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#7from the comments: You do realize that a large portion of people that are using IE6 are at work where they have NO control over the browser... i hear this every time the ie6 argument comes up, and yet, i've never heard from someone that actually works in one of these IT departments that can vouch for this. who are these unsympathetic robots who, while ironically working in an IT department, are so out of touch with t…
Not even the US military subject itself to the stupidity that is IE6.
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#8from the comments: You do realize that a large portion of people that are using IE6 are at work where they have NO control over the browser... i hear this every time the ie6 argument comes up, and yet, i've never heard from someone that actually works in one of these IT departments that can vouch for this. who are these unsympathetic robots who, while ironically working in an IT department, are so out of touch with t…
These unsympathetic robots are all the people that are using Windows 2000. I've seen people in firms that refuse to update their version of windows. They all seem to hate this and don't expect much of a browsing experience from these machines anyway...
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#9IBM's "supported" browser is still only IE6 last time I checked which was about a year ago...
Re: YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
#10I've heard that IE6 is prevalent within the federal government.
True... but not by choice since some government agencies are still using Windows 2000 (which doesn't support IE7+). Some might say a move to FF would be beneficial, but the overhead of having to manage and secure FF is far greater when they can just stay on IE6.