The Man At Microsoft Charged With Destroying IE6

Barence writes "The man in charge of Internet Explorer has told PC Pro that he's been tasked with destroying IE6. Internet Explorer 6 continues to be the most used browser version in the world at the ripe old age of nine. IE6's position as the default browser in Windows XP means many companies still cling to the browser. 'Part of my job is to get IE6 share down to zero as soon as possible,' said Ryan Gavin, head of the Internet Explorer business group. Microsoft has also been giving further previews of Internet Explorer 9, with demonstrations showing two 720p HD videos running simultaneously on a netbook, thanks to IE9's GPU-accelerated graphics."

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Gimme a Break

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IE6 is horrible enough to eventually die on its own, even in the corporate world. What more could Gavin do besides personally encourage websites worldwide to eliminate any IE6-specific HTML code? Oh, he could also kill off ActiveX since that's where the real impediment to abandon IE6 for the corporate world seems to be, all their kludgey in-house ActiveX stuff.

This is obviously a shameless plug for IE9, otherwise why even mention it?