Not that Google has even the teensiest amount of self-interest in this issue now, oh no no no! Not that I would necessarily object to IE 6 dying. Unfortunately, until they do something to make Exchange Server more compatible with other browsers -- which will happen someday after the twelfth of never -- or until IE 8 comes out and gets annointed with the approval of our IS department, I'm stuck with the critter.
I will admit that the one major benefit of no longer doing web development is not having to sit there and go, "It works in Firefox! It works in Safari! It even works in Opera! and ... do we have to look at it in IE? Really? ... Well, hell." The latest version of our website only completely works in IE, and that only because it's somehow set such that when you tell IE to change text size -- our designers were unfortunately members of the Teeny Type Brigade -- it basically says, "Yeah, right. I spit on your desire to be able to read this site! Ptui!" In Firefox and Safari, the text size changes, and you wind up with text in one section overlaying text in the one above. Very very Special.
FWIW, I can't find any indication that Google updated the Webkit that they used to develop Chrome to a newer version, and they don't seem to keep a Chrome changelog, so it's probably still a profoundly unsecure browser, as these things go.
I'm well aware Google has some self-interest here, but as a web designer, I want IE6 DEAD DEAD DEAD. (BTW, if you don't already know, the problem with your website is that the designers specified type in pixels or points instead of a relative unit, like ems; change it to something relative, and IE6 will happily resize the type.)
You aren't the only person I know who is forced to use IE6 for work, and you have my sympathy.
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on 2009-01-02 12:20 am (UTC)I will admit that the one major benefit of no longer doing web development is not having to sit there and go, "It works in Firefox! It works in Safari! It even works in Opera! and ... do we have to look at it in IE? Really? ... Well, hell." The latest version of our website only completely works in IE, and that only because it's somehow set such that when you tell IE to change text size -- our designers were unfortunately members of the Teeny Type Brigade -- it basically says, "Yeah, right. I spit on your desire to be able to read this site! Ptui!" In Firefox and Safari, the text size changes, and you wind up with text in one section overlaying text in the one above. Very very Special.
FWIW, I can't find any indication that Google updated the Webkit that they used to develop Chrome to a newer version, and they don't seem to keep a Chrome changelog, so it's probably still a profoundly unsecure browser, as these things go.
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on 2009-01-02 12:54 am (UTC)You aren't the only person I know who is forced to use IE6 for work, and you have my sympathy.