Everyone knows IE6 is harming the Internet - it's the biggest source of pain for every web developer due to it's bugs, security issues and slow performance, yet there are still vast numbers of people using it as their primary browser. Time for change...
Introducing: Internet Explorer 6 Uninstall Day
Released in 2001, Internet Explorer 6 is almost 7 years old - in technology terms that's ancient history, in Internet terms is a whole geological era.
As the most insecure, slowest and buggy browser in widespread use today, it is causing severe harm to the Internet both for end-users, web developers and companies of all sizes.
To help retire this browser, we're holding the world's first "Internet Explorer 6 Uninstall Day" on the 27th of August, 2008 – the 7th birthday of IE6.
If you're not able to upgrade to IE7, there's plenty of other browsers to choose from such as Firefox 3, Safari 3 and Opera 9.
Join the facebook group, share it's link, spread the word – make the Internet a better place for everyone!
If you have mission critical business apps that require IE6, you don't necessarily have to uninstall it - just install a modern browser, such as Firefox 3, Opera 9 or Safari 3, alongside IE6 and use the modern browser for the majority of your browsing. You'll benefit from significantly better performance, reliability and security.
2008/07/31
