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IE6 Almost Dead In the US

Posted by Unknown on from the premature-graying-in-programmers-reduced dept.

SharkLaser writes "Microsoft, and the whole tech world, is celebrating the fact that use of Internet Explorer 6 has dropped below one percent in the US. 'Time to pop open the champagne because, based on the latest data from Net Applications, IE6 usage in the US has now officially dropped below 1 per cent!,' said Roger Capriotti, director of Internet Explorer marketing. 'IE6 has been the punch line of browser jokes for a while, and we've been as eager as anyone to see it go away.'"

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  1. Re:No reason to celebrate now. by Shikaku · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll celebrate when netcraft confirms it.

  2. Re:No reason to celebrate now. by dmesg0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why? IE9 is a completely good browser. It's on par with Chrome, but in fact it offers even more features and security than Firefox does currently, like sandboxing. It's also standards compliant and supports HTML5. There's nothing to hate about IE9.

    OK, you convinced me, I'll try it immediately. Does it come as .deb or .rpm? Or maybe I should compile it from source?

  3. Re:No reason to celebrate now. by drobety · · Score: 5, Funny

    An instance of someone able to write and post a message after his head exploded. This ... I don't ...

  4. Re:No reason to celebrate now. by equex · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's nothing to hate about IE9.
    You must be new here.

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  5. Re:No reason to celebrate now. by box4831 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reading many of the comments on this site, I don't believe having no head is a huge impediment to posting here.

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