Microsoft man: "My job is to destroy IE6"

[Simon]

The man in charge of Internet Explorer has told PC Pro that he's been tasked with destroying IE6.

Internet Explorer 6 continues to be the second most used browser version in the world at the ripe old age of nine, according to Net Applications. IE6's position as the default browser in Windows XP means many companies still cling to the browser. The continued use of old hardware in developing nations and consumer inertia have also contributed to IE6's longevity.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/358276/microsoft-man-my-job-is-to-destroy-ie6

[Rik]

It serves them right. They made IE6 a very non-standard browser when there was little alternative. Lots of companies wrote bespoke software using it and don't want to pay to change it. MS should take a wider view of the world from the outset.

[Niall]

Yep, we use e learning packages in work based around that operating system, and with the massive cuts in the civil service I highly doubt we'll be seeing upgrades in the next 2 or 3 years.

Still, everyone will be happy when there's so little money going in to the civil service that it actually causes the service to drop to below acceptable standards. Wont they? After all, that's what they want. Hey we'll just lose our jobs and struggle, keeping people waiting, but it's okay, we're saving money!

Not that it annoys me or anything.

[Rik]

 

I'd never have guessed, Niall.

[zappaDPJ]

6 months ago IE6 was just a thorn in my side, now it's becoming a daily nightmare trying to maintain support for it.

[psp83]

6 months ago IE6 was just a thorn in my side, now it's becoming a daily nightmare trying to maintain support for it.

Welcome to my world! 

The man in charge of Internet Explorer has told PC Pro that he's been tasked with destroying IE6.

I'll be glad to help him   

[Inkblot]

I've just installed 'Windows XP mode' and associated stuff onto my work Win7 laptop. guess what browser it ships with? Yep, good old IE6. No doubt a round of Windows Updates will bring it up to IE8, I guess the effort in installing IE8 into something that relativly few people will use just isn't worth it.

[Rik]

Typical left and right hand of Microsoft, Inky.

[pctech]

We use a customised version of Siebel (now Oracle) CRM at work and up until about six months ago that would only work in IE6.

We've moved onto that cutting edge browser IE7

[Rik]

Another 10 years to IE8 then?

[Technical Ben]

Yep, we use e learning packages in work based around that operating system, and with the massive cuts in the civil service I highly doubt we'll be seeing upgrades in the next 2 or 3 years.

Still, everyone will be happy when there's so little money going in to the civil service that it actually causes the service to drop to below acceptable standards. Wont they? After all, that's what they want. Hey we'll just lose our jobs and struggle, keeping people waiting, but it's okay, we're saving money!

Not that it annoys me or anything.

Oh my. I must be using the same system where I work (E learning packages ). They are as buggy as anything at the moment, as it is. I hate to think what will happen now IE 6 is being phased out. That's before I get onto the flash integration of such packages as well.

[psp83]

We use a customised version of Siebel (now Oracle) CRM at work and up until about six months ago that would only work in IE6.

We've moved onto that cutting edge browser IE7

Why not IE8 and run in IE7 mode?

[pctech]

It's plugin based and interacts with outlook to send mail etc.

The choice is not in my hands and I don't care all that much really, for my own stuff (like logging in here) I have installed FF anyway.

[Technical Ben]

We never had problems with our training manual "crashing" or our customer books "disconnecting from the server" when it was all paper based. 

[Rik]

Bring back the book, keep typographers in work. 

[pctech]

Have to say Rik, I've been switching between the online materials provided with my course and a CCNA fast pass book I bought to give my eyes a rest and some of it definitely seems to go in easier via the book.

[Rik]

I'm very much a book man, but then I have a vested interest.

[pctech]

I definitely prefer hard copy manuals.

When I finish my course I'm going to purchase a copy of the full IOS reference in hard copy (445 pages)

[Rik]

Check with me first on the font and paper used.

[pctech]

Will do