Oh I am not a designer, I’d better just shut up then in that case. What does that mean? I know nothing? So is everyone that uses the internet a designer? I think not.

Do you seriously believe that someone would just change their web browser because we told them they needed to? You can’t just tell people things, if the average internet user is going to be convinced they need to upgrade then we need to educate them, not tell them how stupid they are.

It displays most websites fine, I don’t know what all the fuss it about. I hardly ever have a problem using it, if I do find a website that won’t work I just dont bother with that site. Or if I really need to use the site I’ll post them a letter of complaint.

It really annoys me that I am alienated and made to feel like a 2nd class citizen just because I prefer to use a slightly older web browser.

So that’s my (and many other web developers’) point of view. I don’t care about Google (even if I wouldn’t dare to say that Google docs is an unimportant aspect) or Facebook policies concerning IE6! I just want to not deal with it any more (with the same amount of hours I wasted for IE6, I could have learnt another language, or learnt to play a musical instrument!).

Instead of writing Yet-Another-Post-Against-IE6 I just thought to the “interview format” and wrote this in an ironic way… but the concept is still the same: IE6 is at the end.

Personally I don’t want people to change their machines: this would be just another tragedy for our environment! I just mean that you can install another browser in your machine! Firefox for example… If Firefox is too heavy to run on these old machines, then there are a lot of alternative solutions! Just think to some light weight Linux distros such as Damn Small Linux or Feather Linux, they are perfect for old PCs and offer everything the average user may need (browser, office suite, chat, etc…).

The problems which you refer to were essentially about the loss of sensitive source code, allegedly, which is not something home users have access to.

Most IE6 users are running some version of Windows 9x, which are not vulnerable to attacks against Windows NT variants such as XP or Vista.

And Google are only planning to upgrade some unimportant aspects of their website. The search engine, the important bit, will continue to function normally in IE 5 and IE 6.

Many IE6 users are running some version of Windows 9x, on an older computer, one that isn’t capable of running IE7. So what Google is really saying is: we demand that you buy a new computer, and a new Operating System, and all-new Windows NT software.

Well, no one is going to do that! Not because one search engine makes a trivial change to its website. Even if Google disappears tomorrow, there are plenty of other search engines.

Funny though :)