Being as web developer, my job is to test the layout content on four different browser platforms: Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), IE7, Firefox and Safari to make sure this layout page are all same. If one out of four is different, a glitch or odd function, which are not supposed what I am looking, I had to fix this damn problem. IE6 is the leading problem, and so are web developer's nightmare. This is the reason I hate, hate, hate IE6.
I am currently working five web projects in my spare time. I chose one out of five, Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf clubhouse (PAD) website with Google Analytics to do my analysis based on visitor's stats. I snooped to look the browser capabilities what the visitor uses different browser platform. Here is the chart of most popular browser for the visitors to use web browser:
The first-place IE6 and IE7 combined together in one - the mammoth 74.16 percentage, dwarfed the rest of browser platforms. The second place, AvantGo is a web page & file synchronization service for PDAs and smartphones such as Sidekick and Blackberry. The third place, Firefox 2 is my number one favorite web browser choice for tech savvy.
IE6 has been around since IE7 launched two years ago, because of existing Windows XP comes with IE6, and no one cares to get into Windows Update to upgrade the version to 7. Read the web log entry in 'Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6'. The entry mentioned IE6 have lack of security vulnerabilities, non-standard features & functions and not compatible with other browsers.
Why PAD visitors still using IE6? I don't mind to write the code to detect the visitor with older browser (such as IE6) to block, and force the visitor to switch the list of most recent version of modern browsers. But bad idea, these could be abuse and not friendly for redneck and dummy visitor enough to understand the terminology of computer technologies and Internet. Who wants to deny me?
Microsoft, please help! When will we see IE6 disappear? If no IE6 then my job could be easier to develop websites...
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