Proof positive that even MS dont bother checking their layouts in IE6 anymore. Ignore the couple of dark horizontal lines – that’s me patching together the screen images in a hurry. The rest of the mess is pure IE6.

Here are a few reasons why all you Internet Explorer 6 users need to upgrade either to the newer Internet Explorer versions, or better yet to another browser like Firefox or Chrome.

• Websites run faster and look better
• Fewer errors on new Web sites
• Enhanced security

Upgrade! It’s free!

Why?
http://www.bluearena.com/2009/05/why-should-i-upgrade-my-browser/

Choose a better browser:
http://abetterbrowser.org/

Please pass this on to others who might need to upgrade.

Workarounds web designers should be aware of.

Browser – Webmonkey

Browser-specific CSS hacks have become a taboo among standards-aware web designers for good reason; ideally you shouldn’t need them. However, as long as the Internet Explorer 6 browser continues to hold significant market share, there will likely remain some cases where you need to use unfashionable CSS rules to accommodate outdated technology.

My hope is that IE6 will soon go the way of dinosaurs. But until then web designers will have to cope with its incorrect handling of the box model. Read this article for a concise overview and the solution to this problem.

Box Model Hack – Getting Internet Explorer to Play Well with CSS

Internet Explorer does not render the box model correctly. If you want your Web pages to look the same no matter what browser views them, then you have to do something to offset this incorrect rendering of the box model.

After much frustration at the hands of joomla, and general bloated software realated apathy, the latest episode of Notbanksy’s blog brings you a complete idiot’s guide to javascript.

If like me, you’re a complete idiot when it comes to javascript, then this post is for you, my friend. While away endless hours marvelling at this little script I put together all by myself.

Actually, I copied and pasted bits and bobs from other scripts I found on the net till i found a combination that worked. Still, I’m glowing with self esteem now, so it’s time to share!

“Alright, shut up already!”, I hear you say, “what’s this ruddy script for, anyways?”

Well, simply put, it lies in wait for IE6, then does a runner… Or anything else you’re clever enough to tell it to do. In this instance, I have a piece of javascript which totally breaks my page in IE6, and I wanted to only show the script to other browsers. Conditional comments in my HTML did not seem the way to go as I wanted to remove rather than add something when IE6 was detected.

It’s very simple… so no laughing.

function detectBrowser()
{
var version=parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);
if ((navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer")
&& (version<=6))
{
return;
}
else {
document.write('<' + 'script');
document.write(' type="text/javascript"');
document.write(' src="' + 'path_to_file.js' + '">');
document.write('</' + 'script' + '>');
}
}
detectBrowser()

It would be patronising to give a blow by blow account, but I like this solution because it relies on javascript – if the user already has js disabled, then the script is already redundant, and the desired effect is achieved by default.

So you developers, coders and Mac people don’t like Internet Explorer (IE) and you REALLY don’t like IE 6. I see it on Twitter, I see it in the media, I see it every where [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/25/save-the-developers-stop-using-internet-explorer-6/]. I know some of you don’t like it because you prefer Safari or Firefox (I prefer Chrome). Some of you point out legitimate technical issues with IE6. Maybe it’s not as compliant as other browsers or maybe it doesn’t have as many cool plug-ins or the performance isn’t as impressive. Maybe you just don’t like The Man (Microsoft). Whatever the reason you hate IE or IE6, GET OVER IT.

Personally, I am not a big fan of IE6. Although I use IE8 on a daily basis, it is not my default browser. I also use Chrome, Firefox and Safari every day. I say all that to point out that I am a seasoned browser user and I don’t have any hidden agenda here.

The push to “ban” IE is humorous. For you all that are promoting the ban…I love the big banners on your websites (attempting to force users to upgrade) and the little icons attached to your profiles (with the line through the IE logo). That’s all real cute. You seem to think that the visitors to your websites (your customers) need to change (are wrong), “let’s force the upgrade”. <sarcasm>That is a great customer service attitude people.</sarcasm>

I know that other browsers are gaining market share. I have read articles that IE only has 50% of the browser market now. What market are you looking at? Most likely a tech site with a more tech savvy customer base. I maintain the analytics for well over 50 websites and while browsers like Firefox have gained ground Internet Explorer on average still has 75% of the traffic. Of IE’s 75% on average I would say IE6 is about 17%. That is a pretty large segment of your market. So do you want to ignore them because they have a crappy browser? I bet the clients you are developing the website for do not.

In a perfect world, everyone would have an updated browser that is fully compliant. We don’t live in a perfect world. Many of my clients still get traffic from IE5. Am I saying you have to support every browser forever…NO! But if you are getting significant traffic from the browser no matter what version, you need to support it.

What I am attempting to say here is…bite your lip, put in the IE exceptions and make the site work across all browsers. You may not like it, it may be a royal pain in the butt, but if you don’t you WILL risk losing a customer/client.

To fix the problem add in header.php

<!–[if IE 6]>
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/iestyle.css” type=”text/css” media=”screen” />
<![endif]–>

after

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(’stylesheet_url’); ?>” type=”text/css” media=”screen” />

then create file “iestyle.css” in theme folder and add

#sidebar{
margin:0 9px 0 0;
width:226px;
float:right;
text-align:left;
}

ie6.pl/
http://cyber-mirror.com/Mirror/98106/ie6.pl/
Ufakbi hafta sonu operasyonu diyelim (:

and another site to add to our list of one page wonders. This time around it’s Is IE6 Older Than Your Grandpa?

Ain't he a cutie?

Sadly, no highly entertaining wackaloonery in the source, but you can’t have everything. Could also use a little tweaking on the layout (unless, of course, the designer is making a statement about the horrors of IE6 dev and the disaster that is CSS compliance, in which case, good on you).

Porquê continuar a fazer sites com a preocupação de que podem haver pessoas que ainda usam o Internet Explorer 6?

IE6, não prestas!

Ver artigo

So you are tired of making your compatible with ie6, and you decide to drop support for it.
But still you want to tell visitors who use this browser to be aware of the situation – here is a nice solution for that:

This is what your users will see when they access the site using ie6

This is a nice project from google-code named ie6 upgrade warning and it will do the trick for you.

All you need to do is to download the code and insert the following line into your html (under the <head> tag):
<!–[if lte IE 6]><script src=”js/ie6/warning.js”></script><script>window.onload=function(){e(“js/ie6/”)}</script><![endif]–>

and don’t forget to change the script “src” attribute to where you’ve placed the code, and the same for the path on this section “window.onload=function(){e(“js/ie6/”)”

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! There will surely come the time when IE6 will be dead and all web designers and web developers will rejoice!

October 2009 browser stats: Firefox finally passes IE6 – Ars Technica

Internet Explorer 6 has finally been surpassed by Firefox according to the latest worldwide market share numbers. Details inside.
By Emil Protalinski | Last updated November 3, 2009 5:18 PM CT

The issue is with png type of images that are not properly displayed in ie 6 (internet explorer – Version 6). I found the solution somewhere on internet while googling.

Okay, so the solution goes as below:

1) download the files needed for the solution from http://demo.avidindiainc.com/ie6pngfix/ie6PNGFixDownload.zip

2) There are 5 files in the directory after you unzip it. They are  blank.gif, iepngfix.htc, iepngfix_tilebg.js, iepngfix.php and .htaccess.

3) for solving the issue the two files blank.gif and iepngfix.htc are enough. i will explain them first and we’ll go for the rest files later.

4) Copy and paste iepngfix.htc and blank.gif into your website folder.

5) Copy and paste this into your website’s CSS or HTML:

6) now the other  files work as follow. If you want support for CSS1 background-repeat and background-position, make sure you include the add-on .JS file in your <head>:

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”iepngfix_tilebg.js”></script>

7) Suppose if it works offline but not online, in this case you may have a MIME type problem. You must ensure your server is sending the correct MIME type of “text/x-component” for .HTC files. Try one of these two easy fixes:

• Upload the “.htaccess” file from within this script’s download ZIP to your webserver, which will make Apache send the correct MIME type.
• Instead of calling “IEPNGFIX.HTC” from your CSS, upload IEPNGFIX.PHP to the same folder and call that instead, which also sends the right MIME type.

Thats all folks. I hope this solves your issue with ie6.

Hoje, fazendo o protótipo de um novo produto que estou criando, me deparei com a seguinte pergunta: “dar ou não suporte ao Internet Explorer versão 6?”. Tantos outros browsers por aí, e muitos usuários ainda insistem em utilizar o IE6. E o pior disso tudo é que as “soluções” que traçamos para o IE6 não funcionam para o IE7, como é o caso do css hack, com o famoso underscode (_) antes dos seletores (_width:).

#cor_fundo {
background-color:red; /* Todos os navegadores interpretam essa linha: Firefox, IE7 e IE6 */
*background-color:blue; /* Apenas IE7 e IE6 */
_background-color:green; /* Apenas IE6 */
}

E a minha conclusão foi… fazer algo funcional para todos os browsers, porque todo mundo utiliza de tudo!

I need to use IE6 for some internal applications at work.  I have Firefox installed for regular Internet usage; occasionally I attempt to use the Internet with IE6… messages such as this are becoming pretty common now, but this one made me laugh.

The gist is: please use anything but IE6.

Facebook’s plea:

© 2009 talkinghead.ca

Ik snap de visie van bedrijven best wel waar het beperking van bijvoorbeeld internet toegang betreft: het is in mijn ogen inderdaad ontoelaatbaar dat sommige werknemers poker spelen tijdens de werkuren, of muziek downloaden. Sommige restricties zijn uit angst voor virussen: geen gebruik maken van flash usb drives, geen PDA synchroniseren met je Outlook agenda, … Maar sommige dingen snap ik toch echt wel niet.

De laatste update van onze IE explorer dateert van versie 6. Jawel, wij werken nog steeds met IE6. De developers en een deel van het management hebben IE8 wel, sommigen hebben Office 2007 (wij zitten met Office 2003), en sommige developers hebben zelfs Firefox op hun pc staan. Maar blijkbaar heeft de Customer Service dit allemaal niet nodig. Het maakt niet uit dat er wel degelijk sites zijn die we werkgerelateerd gebruiken die er niet uitzien of zelfs niet werken met IE6, blijkbaar mogen we geen update krijgen. Zelfs na een officiële aanvraag komt de vraag waar we dat in ’s hemelsnaam voor nodig hebben. Het feit dat onze eigen R&D afdeling hun webapplicaties maakt voor Firefox en IE8 (en zelfs Chrome) maakt blijkbaar ook niets uit.

Maar plots wordt wel Adobe Reader geupdate. Niet dat we daar een communicatie over krijgen. Het ding wordt geupdate en je moet het op maandagochtend zelf maar merken. Nieuwe features? Ga maar op zoek.

En dan wil ons bedrijf zich profileren als hoogtechnologisch… zucht.

Ik ben toch blij dat ik er vanaf morgen een paar maand tussenuit ga en deze stommiteiten die toch bron zijn van enige frustratie kan achterlaten. Maar toch vraag ik me af: welke software zal ik vinden bij mijn terugkomst? Ik wed op IE6, spijtig genoeg.