IE6 death scheduled for March 13

As you know, Google launched a systematic campaign to destroy the browser IE6. Six months ago, they warned that they would remove support on YouTube and Orkut. At the end of January 2010, the date was announced, after which support for Google Docs and Google Sites will cease: March 1, 2010. It will be a death rattle. And the current date of death of the outdated browser has become known today. A message appeared on YouTube that support for older browsers will end on March 13, 2010. For the upgrade, you are offered to choose, in order of preference: Google Chrome, Safari 4, Firefox 3.6, Internet Explorer 8 or Opera 10.







Currently, the share of IE6 among the entire global audience is about 20%.



Until the end of the year, support for outdated browsers will also disappear in Gmail and Google Calendar. In addition to IE6, all browsers younger than IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0 and Safari 3.0 are considered obsolete. For them, the basic functionality will remain, including watching videos on YouTube, but new features will no longer be available.

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Add that Microsoft itself has a commitment to support IE6 until April 8, 2014 (the period of support for Windows XP, and IE6 is part of this operating system). Microsoft does not force anyone to upgrade, although it could do it forcibly, but the new online office applications Microsoft Office Web Apps no longer work in IE6.



via ars technica