While I appreciate that Digg actually took the time to do a survey of reasons why people are still using IE6, I don't think the results are really that surprisi

While I appreciate that Digg actually took the time to do a survey of reasons why people are still using IE6, I don't think the results are really that surprising to most web developers. However, just because users are not empowered to switch away from IE6, that doesn't mean that an IE6 upgrade reminder page is useless. It's just the "squeaky wheel" philosophy of getting things done. If enough users see enough "Upgrade Your Browser!" pages, and if enough of them complain to management often enough, then management might actually do something about it. Let us not forget that Internet Explorer's market dominance was built on the notion that, after some time, many pages didn't work in other browsers. The only way to break that dominance will involve the same, but in reverse.