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    Of course some of their outdated applications will need to be updated but really does it always have to get to the point where you insist you need "Windows 95" forever?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