Comments on: IE Update Imminent: So it’s OK to dump Internet Explorer 6 altogether?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:43:36 +0000

I’m with you on the cross-browser testing headache. I enthusiastically un-installed Netscape last week, and I’d love to drop IE6 from my list of browsers to check.

But it’s still interesting in a sneaky big brother kind of way that they’re packaging this software update as a security update. It’s just going to confuse and annoy people who wanted to hold on to the old version.

For instance, I run IE 7 but keep a standalone version of older IE releases for testing. I’d be quite annoyed if the update affected my configuration. Thanks for the timely post Chris, I’m off to talk to my IT helpdesk so they can calm my auto-update jitters.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:05:47 +0000

Hey Alan! Great to hear from you.
No doubt the testing will go on forever, particularly when trying to accomplish some specific things like embed windows media with captions–which is not uncommon when working with federal government clients. Accessible media is a huge topic, even though it is required by a small percentage of the population. If we could get government agencies to embrace Flash player the work load would get easier and cross-browser issues would fade. If only!

Best of luck with http://www.cleverthink.com/. It’s a good read.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:48:11 +0000

I agree, Chris. One version of IE is more than enough for anyone. But with the rising popularity of Firefox, Macs and mobile browsing, I think we’re still going to be testing for cross-browser compatibility for some time.

Love the blog. Keep up the good work.