Help Bring Down IE6! :: The Everyday Web Expert

There is a Great and Much NEEDED campaign taking place in the Web Development world right now. The campaign is simple: Help Us Web Developers Take Down IE6!

Being a Web Developer myself, IE6 causes a lot of problems for us all. The Bring Down IE6 website best summarizes the problems that IE6 brings to the table:

The premise is simple: Internet ExplorerInternet Explorer 6 is antiquated, doesn’t support key web standards, and should be phased out. This isn’t about being anti-Microsoft, it’s about Microsoft’s lack of development in the browser market. With IE7/8 not available for WindowsWindows 2000, IE6 accounts for up to 20% of web usage, primarily via business users. Clients pressure designers to ‘force’ sites to work in IE6, and designers, not wanting to lose business, comply, using hacks and workarounds. This wastes time and money. Microsoft needs to fix this, designers need to unite, and we all need to move on.

As you may have already seen, I have placed the logo in the right-hand sidebar to express my feeling about this campaign.

Simply go to the website, download the logo, and place it on your website to express your feelings about this campaign. There is even a WP plug-in for those WordPressWordPress users out there. This plug-in works GREAT, I am using it myself.

So I am urging all Web Designers/Developers to unite and Help Us Take Down IE6!

~ Kyle Reddoch

8 Responses to “Help Bring Down IE6!”

Trade Show Displays Guru says:
March 16, 2009 at 11:39 am

hi Kyle,
I must sheepishly admit that I used IE6 up until about 6 months ago, because I didn’t want to upgrade. But then I found this amazing thing called Firefox (yes, I’m a little slow) and I must now say that anyone still using IE6 is a loser!
~ Steve, the Firefox trade show guru
Cristhian Bedon says:
March 16, 2009 at 8:55 pm

Twitter: cbedon
We should make a petition an have all the PC upgraded to at least 7.
The Everyday Web Expert - Kyle Reddoch says:
March 16, 2009 at 9:54 pm

Twitter: kylereddoch
Chris,
Lets get that petition started.
Lee says:
March 19, 2009 at 2:58 pm

Twitter: thatleeguy
If you go to my site DearIE6.com you could easily spend a day reading all the rants on IE6

Not trying to spam my site here, just think its a good read now.

-Lee
The Everyday Web Expert - Kyle Reddoch says:
March 19, 2009 at 3:08 pm

Twitter: kylereddoch
Lee,
Yeah something has to be done about IE6 and soon.
Kelly says:
March 19, 2009 at 7:40 pm

Twitter: Thotswap
I agree that IE6 needs to die a quick death, especially now that IE8 has been officially released. Unfortunately, most of the people still using it are companies still stuck in the Windows 2000 world and have no reason or inclination to upgrade.

Once IE6’s market-share drops below 10%, it’s abandonment rate will increase exponentially. But I don’t see that happening for another while… sad.
Daan says:
April 9, 2009 at 11:07 am

Don’t just kill IE6, kill all IE versions!
The Everyday Web Expert - Kyle Reddoch says:
April 9, 2009 at 4:49 pm

Twitter: kylereddoch
Daan,
That is what I say, but to many people still use it.