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I agree that most workplaces have no control over it. For example, we have IE6 where I work and I don't see it changing anytime soon. However, by dropping IE6
by bdotdub 18y ago
I agree that most workplaces have no control over it. For example, we have IE6 where I work and I don't see it changing anytime soon.
However, by dropping IE6 support, its not to say everything on the site will be broken if you drop support. It'll just mean that from here on out, its possible things don't look or work quite as advertised, and it is suggested you upgrade your browser. It won't happen overnight, but it'll be better than having 25% market share for a browser thats a decade old in a couple years.
For me, I'd much prefer the web to slowly move forward than not at all.
- gstar 18y agoFor me, IE6 being the "corporate standard" is just more evidence of corporate IT departments slowly slipping into irrelevancy. The last two contracts I've done have been what I (tongue-in-cheek) call guerilla contracts, where I've been building fairly big IT systems for parts of organisations that aren't IT. I think as the younger generations get more senior in business, they won't have any time at all for corporate IT managers holding them back, or for arbitrary IT policy. There's also the SAAS movement, too.