Re: PHP Manual problems
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:44:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP Manual problems | ||
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On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 09:41 -0500, tedd wrote:
> At 7:02 AM -0600 2/10/10, Shawn McKenzie wrote:
> >Lester Caine wrote:
> >> Since a large section of our USER base is still tied to W2k and does not
> >> have access to install other software, the call for IE6 to die is STILL
> >> somewhat premature!
> >> What is needed is someone to kick M$ to sort the mess out by at least
> >> allowing IE8 to install on W2k machines, rather than telling hundreds of
> >> councils they have to replace ALL their computers :(
> >>
> >> The alternative is to convince M$ controlled councils that Firefox is OK
> >> and that using it will not invalidate their contracts - but then all the
> >> work currently being done to convert legacy setups to work with *IE7*
> >> would have to be scrapped and reworked on Firefox. Many of my customers
> >> have only just got funds to start an *IE7* roll out! Redoing all that
> >> work for IE8 is yet another problem for which money is not available.
> >>
> >
> >Support of any type for Win2K is over in 5 months. Better upgrade.
> >
> >--
> >Thanks!
> >-Shawn
>
>
> In addition to that, the "stats" on visitors show that IE6 popularity
> is dropping at around one percent per month. In January it was around
> 10 percent. As such, I believe that before the end of this year IE6
> will be history regardless of IF management wants to upgrade or not.
>
> Lastly, I think I have a good feel for the general consensus of
> developers regards to IE6. I won't be considering it any longer for
> web development before the end of this year and I don't think I'm
> alone.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
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My own stats on my site put it at about 1.2% of my total visitors this
year, which is half of what it was in 2009.
As for developing for it, I don't really think it's worth my time any
more. Unless a client specifically asked for it, and I was not able to
dissuade them, then IE6 is left out of my testing now.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk