Pages Tagged “IE6”
Blog Posts
- Adding the S in HTTPS
I finally moved the public side of this blog over to HTTPS last weekend. Traditionally I’ve preferred to put public info on HTTP and save HTTPS for things that need it – passwords, payment info, login tokens, anything that should be kept private — but between the movement to protect more and more of the […]
- Even Microsoft Hates IE6
Microsoft has jumped on the ditch-IE6 bandwagon with IE6Countdown.com. Of course, they’re taking a slightly different approach than the other campaigns.
- Blocking IE6: You, Me and…PayPal?
On Thursday I stumbled across a campaign to Trash All IE Hacks. The idea is that people only stay on the ancient, buggy, feature-lacking, PITA web browser, Internet Explorer 6, because we web developers coddle them. We make the extra effort to work around those bugs, so they can actually use the sites without upgrading. Well, […]
- Will Internet Explorer 7 finally put IE6 to rest?
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Team reports on a new IE installer release. They’ve changed a couple of defaults, updated their tutorials… and dropped the requirement for Windows Genuine Advantage validation: Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as […]