As a dev I have been trying to convince the project managers of the following theory of people who use IE6/7/8. They must fall into one the following categorie

As a dev I have been trying to convince the project managers of the following theory of people who use IE6/7/8. They must fall into one the following categories 1. Windows XP, which does not allow them to upgrade to IE9 AND do not know that other non-sucky browsers exist 2. They work for a company that requires IE8 3. They are masochists who love pain) 4. They are sadists who enjoy dealing out pain to Web developers. Proposed solutions were: 1. Tell them that other browsers have better experiences. 2. Point out that they can usually get around this by using a Chrome frame. Also point out that IE8 is riddled with insecurities and give them a form letter for their IT department asking for an update. 3. They love pain, there is nothing we can do about this. They probably enjoy having incomprehensible boxes instead of icon fonts on half of the sites they visit. Grids be dammed, they love misaligned columns. 4. They probably don’t even use IE8, they (or their botnet) just use a User Agent String that mimics it. These people are asshats, should be ignored at all costs. I felt this was a quite pragmatic approach, needless to say we still support these users and their shoddy experience.