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Originally Posted by RogerM
Please take this in the constructive manor it is intended but it looks shocking on IE6, almost unusable!!!
The error message at the top of the screen reads ...
NOTE: This template is compatible with IE6, however your experience will be enhanced with a newer browser.
The last version of Internet Explorer 6 was called Service Pack 1 for Internet Explorer 6 and was released in December of 2004. By continuing to run Internet Explorer 6 you are open to any and all security vulnerabilities discovered since that date. In October of 2006, Microsoft released version 7 of Internet Explorer that, in addition to providing greater safety in navigation, which allows the Internet Explorer browser to identify as' modern browsers'. Microsoft has launched Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update, and is now available to download for free without any certification requirements. As of Feb 12th, 2008 Microsoft is forcing updates to Internet Explorer 6 in order to move people towards the much improved and secure version 7. Please ensure you don't hamper this process. It's for your own good!
Before somebody tells me to upgrade this is a work PC and we have no admin rights so that isn't possible.
I know this won't affect many people but just thought I'd brng it to your attention as there will be people, like myself, stuck using older browsers.
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What that message doesn't say is that microsoft will be supporting IE6 until 2014 (I think), so us developers still have to build sites that are usable in the IE6. Over 10% of internet users still use IE6, although most of those will be corporate's where its too costly to upgrade.
Also, isn't this line incorrect?
"The last version of Internet Explorer 6 was called Service Pack 1 for Internet Explorer 6 and was released in December of 2004. By continuing to run Internet Explorer 6 you are open to any and all security vulnerabilities discovered since that date."
Microsoft are continually updating IE6 to fill as many holes in it as possible, so I'd hardly say you're open to every attach since IE6's release date.