IE6 Countdown

[AuthorAji]

It's not just about being poor. It's more about being technologically challenged.

My Aunt & Uncle just had their only child move to Bangkok to study some computer course. Once he left, they heard from someone that Skype is an altogether cheaper (read free) alternative to regular phone calls.

So my Uncle went ahead and fired up his son's computer and got himself an internet connection. They were happy with IE6 and the likes of it and were soon overflowing with malware.

When I was at their house recently, I had their machine formatted, installed an anti-virus and exposed them to firefox.

Apparently, they didn't like the upgrade and had some next door kid fiddle with their computer in order "to bring it back to normal". This guy cleared all their drives in his glowing attempt to perform a clean format.

Five days down the line, they call up my house to speak to my dad on how I fucked up their computer. Seemingly, they somehow blame me for their data loss. And now are happy with IE6 - the default XP browser.

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[ImagesAndWords]

Hey guys, I was too once a XP "ONLY" kinda guy all through vista and a few months into Win7 -- but then I finally broke down and installed windows 7 because my BFF convinced me it was safe to move over and I trust his tech judgement, and Its been pretty amazing -- Win7 is worth the move from XP!

Good to hear. I still swear by (and granted, sometimes swear at) my XP, and have really hesitated the move. Vista was not even an option as I tried it on a few other computers and I hated it so bad I would almost have preferred to go back to DOS, lol.

But maybe I should give in and finally give 7 a try...

 

[justo_tx]

But maybe I should give in and finally give 7 a try...

Do it, 7 is solid. I recall the occasional BSOD with Vista but not with 7 over the last two years.

 

[secci]

Countdown or Count-out?!

I've heard good things about IE9 beta though...

while the cunts at microsoft purposely make life a little harder for web dev's, they can sit on a fucking broken bottle.

 

[radofok]

I had beta IE6, but it was horrible experineces, too bug's

 

[Fatbat]

I had beta IE6, but it was horrible experineces, too bug's

Just stop talking now.

 

[dmnEPC]

People are to lazy or to ignorant to update there browsers. And there are millions of people using 10 year old computers, and many of them are using whatever came with it.

IE 6 will probably be around for at least another 5 to 10 years because of this alone. Whether its IE6 or not you will always to have to put something in your CSS files to deal with just about any version of IE

<!--[if IE 6]>
Instructions to Fix IE6
<![endif]-->

 

[WickedWeasel]

Ah at last.. RIP soon IE6. And oh that's a huge number of china.

 

[Atlasj]

Bring Down IE 6: a campaign by .net magazine

 

[brokemofo]

They need to make their browser auto update if it doesn't already. Fuck cross browser compatibility when it comes to IE. IE needs to just go fuck itself and erase itself from every users PC.

 

[99999]

What's the best stripped down browser then? Firefox is fat and cumbersome, but's that cos I load it with all those useful addons.

 

[thevoucherguy]

It's not just about being poor. It's more about being technologically challenged.

...I had their machine formatted, installed an anti-virus and exposed them to firefox.

Apparently, they didn't like the upgrade and had some next door kid fiddle with their computer in order "to bring it back to normal". This guy cleared all their drives in his glowing attempt to perform a clean format.

Five days down the line, they call up my house to speak to my dad on how I fucked up their computer. Seemingly, they somehow blame me for their data loss. And now are happy with IE6 - the default XP browser.

</rant>

I can write at least three such personal incidents here. Once I went to a place where a man in his sixties was using firefox 1.5 and having problems everyday with his bank's website (he was in stock market). One thing led to another and I ended up being blamed for fucking-up with his PC.