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		<title>Internet Explorer 6 Must Die</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marshall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a web developer it&#8217;s my job to make sure websites work on all current popular browsers. Over the years I&#8217;ve come to a simple efficient conclusion: develop for the majority of browsers (standards compliant) then correct for Internet Explorer 6. The fact that it&#8217;s the only thing you need to really fix your site [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ie6nomore.com/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-248" title="ie6nomore-logo" src="http://fireflymm.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/ie6nomore-logo-150x38.jpg" alt="ie6nomore-logo" width="150" height="38" /></a>As a web developer it&#8217;s my job to make sure websites work on all current popular browsers. Over the years I&#8217;ve come to a simple efficient conclusion: develop for the majority of browsers (standards compliant) then correct for Internet Explorer 6. The fact that it&#8217;s the only thing you need to really fix your site for says a lot. It was released so long ago that it shouldn&#8217;t still be viable in the timeline of computational history, but for some reason it is still here.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The designers say Internet Explorer 6, which was released in 2001 and since has been updated twice by Microsoft Corp., is crippling the Internet&#8217;s potential and slowing down the online experience. They also blame IE 6 for giving webmasters a collective headache, because they have to write special &#8220;hacks&#8221; into Web code to accommodate an outmoded browser.&#8221;<br />
source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/06/internet.explorer.six/" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/06/internet.explorer.six/</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;IE6 is the new Netscape 4. The hacks needed to support IE6 are increasingly viewed as excess freight. Like Netscape 4 in 2000, IE6 is perceived to be holding back the web.”</p>
<p><cite>Jeff Zeldman, standards guru [general web bad ass and editor of <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/" target="_blank">A List Apart</a>]</cite></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bringdownie6.com/">http://www.bringdownie6.com/</a></p></blockquote>
<p>So here&#8217;s the deal, if you still have IE6 download a newer browser. They&#8217;re free and WAAAY better. Firefox is much (like 3x faster at loading pages) IE8 is a bit better and actually works like most of the others, i&#8217;m told. Safari and Chrome are still the kings of speed. Bottom line: Just get a new one! If you don&#8217;t I won&#8217;t build sites you can even access.</p>
<p>Edit/Update: I&#8217;ve added the code from the <a href="http://www.ie6nomore.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ie6nomore.com/</a> site. Brilliant!! If you venture to my site with some ol piece of a broswer your get a polite but firm message you need to update to this century&#8230; here&#8217;s a peak for all you non havin&#8217; IE 6 peoples.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fireflymm.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Picture-2.png" rel="shadowbox[post-247];player=img;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-270" title="IE6 warning message, Glorious!!" src="http://fireflymm.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Picture-2.png" alt="IE6 warning message, Glorious!!" width="385" height="47" /></a></p>
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