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YouTube To Kill IE6 Support On March 13

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the if-you-strike-me-down dept.

Joel writes "Over six months ago, Google announced it would start phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 on Orkut and YouTube, and started pushing its users to modern browsers. The search giant has now given a specific kill date for old browser support on the video website: 'Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won't work in older browsers.'"

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  1. w00t! by somersault · · Score: 1, Funny

    With Youtube comes great power :)

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    which is totally what she said
  2. Re:One has to wonder by sakdoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of which these sites are also registered:

    If I was a proactive sort of person, I would register *ie8*.com from your list, because the day will come where history will repeat itself. Maybe register *ie9*.com too, if you want to be really forward planning.

  3. Re:Finally by delinear · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, it looks like any impact will be extremely minimal, at least in the very short term. The only way we'll ever be rid of this thrice cursed browser is when enough company execs can't get their daily fill of kitten jumping into box videos and start asking their IT guys why.

  4. Re:Important Clarification: by mandelbr0t · · Score: 2, Funny

    They are just declaring their intention to no longer subject new features to the "omfg how the f*** can I get this to work in this fscking old Microshit browser???!!" gauntlet of pain.

    There, fixed that for you :-)

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  5. Re:One has to wonder by nagnamer · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's time to drag corporations* into the modern age, even if they're kicking and screaming the entire way.

    It's just that the users will be the one that will be kicking and screaming. One of my colleagues was unable to play videos from YouTube, was frustrated, but assumed that there's no way of doing that. She didn't notice the (a) continue to video link, (b) upgrade to one of these comment. Someone should upgrade the users first. :D

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  6. orkut? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    they could phase out support for everything and nobody would give a shit.

  7. Re:One has to wonder by BrokenHalo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mozilla may be the first to tell you to upgrade to a current version.

    Nobody would even notice. Does ANYBODY actually use Bing?

  8. Re:Finally by kenj0418 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sticking with IE6 as long as my favorite site still supports it: http://www.saveie6.com/

  9. Re:Hooray! by BenoitRen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course some of their outdated applications will need to be updated but really does it always have to get to the point where you insist you need "Windows 95" forever?

    Yes. It's still very usable, and upgrading your computer to something that'll run slower and not make you more productive is dumb.