> If you want to ignore a % of your users, that's fine. Developer time spent supporting IE6 is developer time that could have been spent addressing feature req

> If you want to ignore a % of your users, that's fine. Developer time spent supporting IE6 is developer time that could have been spent addressing feature requests or other issues impacting the rest of your user base. Or perhaps it could have been spent supporting a platform your product doesn't yet support at all, such as Android or iPhone. Point is, there's always an opportunity cost for spending developer time supporting any feature or platform. No matter what you do, you're ignoring somebody. There is nothing special about IE6 users in this regard, particularly given that they are now a distinct minority.