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Wow is this ancient history already? At the time is was regarded as completely retarded because nobody used IE6 except grandmas and corporations. So youtube tel
by behringer 8y ago
Wow is this ancient history already? At the time is was regarded as completely retarded because nobody used IE6 except grandmas and corporations. So youtube telling us to use IE6 was silly. On top of that, many websites took the popup and made it so you couldn't actually see their content under any circumstances. Those sites simply got ignored by literally everyone on a corporate browser.
Largely it was a waste of time but it did pique the media's interest.
- archgoon 8y ago> nobody used IE6 except grandmas and corporations. And a fifth of YouTube users at the time. "IE6 users represented around 18% of our user base at that point. We understood that we could not just drop support for it"
- behringer 8y agoA fifth of youtube users were people at work. The same people who aren't allowed to change their browser or tell their boss to upgrade to IE8 so they can watch more youtube.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- anyfoo 8y agoBut maybe their boss wanted to keep watching YouTube at work, too.
- shawabawa3 8y agoYoutube adding the banner triggered google docs to add the banner. People could tell their boss they needed to upgrade browser to use google docs for work
- behringer 8y agoOh right I forgot that part of the story as soon as I closed out and came back here. Duh. I could see that being the culprit!