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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 DCTech · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

  2. Re:No reason to celebrate now. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-templates

  3. Re:No reason to celebrate now. by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Informative

    IE6 was the most standards compliant browser there was when it existed, even more so than Opera

    [Citation Seriously Friggin' Needed]

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