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Honestly, when YouTube cuts off the IE6 users, then the problem is solved, period. Watch the number of people using IE6 plummet once that happens. YouTube will
by teilo 17y ago
Honestly, when YouTube cuts off the IE6 users, then the problem is solved, period. Watch the number of people using IE6 plummet once that happens.
YouTube will setup a chain reaction. A large number of users will upgrade. This will push down the IE6 percentage hitting other prominent sites, such as eBay, giving them the courage to follow suit.
The only hold outs will be corporations who have an installed base of web apps developed to IE6, which break on IE7+. I predict that when the C*O's discover they can no longer browse IE6, they will demand a solution, which will consist of one of the following:
1) Upgrade the damn web apps and upgrade everyone to IE8.
2) Install Firefox or Safari on all machines, and use IE6 only for company apps.
Either way, problem solved.
- michaelfairley 17y agoI'm not so sure about this. A large number of IE6 users are IE6 users because their corporate IT policy requires them to be IT users. How many corporate IT policies are going to change to allow their employees to watch YouTube on their office computer? However, the chain reaction has the potential to shake things up. Especially as advertising increases on YouTube, and advertisers won't be receiving traffic from IE6 users from YouTube ads.