Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

re: Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

SteveBallmer — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:29:20 GMT

As I said at Mix-08, Web developers! Web developers! web developers!

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re: Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

quikboy — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:34:58 GMT

Yep. A lot of these "academic and corporate" institutions keep continuing to use IE6. I know my HS still does. I wouldn't say it's "that" bad to use, but it would be really handy to have some of the features that IE7 and other browsers have had for quite awhile. The computers are kinda old at my school, and the only thing they really do is just try to weigh it down with lots of restrictions towards students. So it kinda sucks.

But I rarely ever go on the internet at school, so I'm not missing anything. I hope Microsoft can make a big push towards getting these institutions to take a step higher in this age of tech, and please dump IE6. I think the IT staff is just too lazy to do anything.

re: Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

Nick — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:25:44 GMT

My university has gone IE7 completely and office 2007.

Still XP tho :-(

re: Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

Hackersoft — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:53:07 GMT

The university that I work in still uses IE6. That's over 50,000 systems.

There is a plan to roll out the upgrade to IE7 soon, however we have steadfastly rejected moving desktops to Vista. We're basically waiting for Windows 7 and we're not the only ones that I've heard that will refuse to up(down)grade to vista.

re: Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

Chris — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:55:18 GMT

As Trix says, one of the main reasons why IE6 has such a large presence is due to academic and corporate institutions chosing not to deploy it. It's not just a question of simply rolling it out, as a large number of bespoke applications will be affected by the upgrade. Until we see these organisations upgrading to Windows Vista, I don't see this IE6 usage changing significantly.

re: Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

Trix — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:06:30 GMT

My university (Ohio State www.osu.edu) still only supports IE6 officially. Certain functions of webmail and scheduling don't work in IE7. Most campus computers still have IE6, except in the engineering labs. People in the library and english classes are stuck with IE6. Someone needs to tell them to get their asses in line and upgrade and support IE7 +.