We need your help getting rid of Internet Explorer 6. IE6 gets you from point A to point B, but doesn’t have a lot of extra bells, whistles or safety features. In 2001 it was competing with Netscape 4.
Five years later, Microsoft shipped another browser. Who thought IE was ever gonna come back? When we started working on IE8, we asked, how can we do this without screwing people over again? That’s why there are two modes in IE7.
You can put meta tag on page to determine the rendering engine for IE 7 users, though it causes problems for IE6 users. Microsoft has a vested interest to get users to IE 7 or 8. Moving them to Windows 7.
Free tools for IT Professionals, Designers and Developers: IE Compatibility Toolkit, Fiddler, ExpressionWeb. Some tools expire every x days.
Microsoft is working on users who don’t have auto-updates enabled.
Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview. Four things; performance, the same mark up, GNU-Powered HTML5, Platform Preview and Feedback.
How Can You Help?
Encourage upgrades and tell the users why and how their experience will be improved. Consider the level of support you provide to IE6 users. Analyze usage on the site you’re working on.