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Google Tells Users To Drop IE6

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-mom-still-won't-do-it dept.

Kelly writes "Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in favor of Firefox or Chrome. Google recently removed Firefox from the Google Pack bundle, replaced it with Chrome, then added a direct download link for Chrome on Google and YouTube. Google's decision to list IE6 as an unsupported Gmail browser does not affect just consumers: Tens of thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses that run Google Apps hosted services may dump IE6 as well. What's especially interesting is the fact that Mozilla is picking up two out of three browser users that Microsoft surrenders."

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  1. Re:Wait, There Are People Still Using Firefox? LOL by Anthony_Cargile · · Score: 1, Troll

    That is something that still bothers me about all of this - FF is cross-platform, yet Chrome, Google's new brainchild, is Win-only. "Upgrade! Upgrade!" they cry, but us Linux, Mac, and misc. *nix users are still left in the complete dust! I hope Google releases at least a binary pretty soon, else its going to turn into a FF vs. Chrome battle, the new epic flame war, no doubt with a Google-fund-less Mozilla Foundation struggling to compete!

  2. "You shouldn't read gmail from work ..." by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 0, Troll

    Slavery's been abolished, supposedly.

    I swear I hate those fascist apologist, your employer is NOT your owner.