37signals is phasing out support for IE6
3 September 2008 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke |
I'm not sure if this is a bold move or simply a pragmatic one, but 37signals (creators of Basecamp) will stop supporting IE6 for all their products on 1 October 2008.
They note that IE6 "is a last-generation browser. This means that IE 6 can't provide the same web experience that modern browsers can." While I agree that supporting IE6 is a pain, I find this statement interesting since Yahoo's graded browser support defines IE6 as an A-grade browser on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
While I wish I could take the same step as 37signals, I intend to continue supporting IE6.
Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism - New York, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.
Filed in browsers | Tagged with ie, ie6, internet-explorer
September 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
From 37signals:
“Since IE 6 usage has finally dipped below a small minority threshold of our customers, it’s time to finally move beyond IE 6.”
The key words there are “our customers”.
Unfortunately where I work, our customers are not as hip to decent browsers as 37signals customers - about 30% of ours are still on IE6
September 6th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
That's a good point and very true, Adam. However, I assume their IE 6 customer base isn't that small of a minority or else why would they move the start date back from 15 August 2008 to 1 October 2008?