Το φιτρί αγόρι (colourful life)

Are you one of those who uses Internet Explorer 6? This post is dedicated to you, fellow visitor who enjoys the web using a great piece of software. For you it’s time to Stop IE6.

Thanks to you, the development of the web is slower. And because you continue using IE6, web developers from all around the world have to implement fixes for you to enjoy the web. So please, make the world a favor: Update to Internet Explorer 7 (or Internet Explorer 8). Or even better: use other browsers like: Firefox, Opera or even Safari. IE6 was a great piece of software time ago, in 2001 when it was launched. But 6 years have passed and it’s time to move on.

For all the rest. I’ve been analyzing the support of some WEB standards on IE6, and it’s hell. It lacks the support of modern standards that makes life easier and web styles compact and easy to read (I won’t talk about bugs). So if you want to develop a webpage you have to spend extra time (and time is money) developing hacks for IE6. Some of those patches are available on the internet, but you still spend time taking care of an old museum piece.

So now I have to work with web development and then, when everything is finished, work to attach available hacks and implements what the hacks cannot patch.

And you, web developer who develops only for Internet Explorer (like eurobank e-banking). You, will be next.

Meanwhile, update your browser and try the alternatives