A number of web designers have decided to stop supporting some browsers and particularly Internet Explorer (IE6 to be precise), but as IE6 becomes the native browser for a number of smart phones is it right to dismiss what still can be a large and relevant section of your audience.
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Keep your site graceful and enhanced
August 14, 2009 – 7:24 pm
‘Graceful degradation’ and ‘progressive enhancement’ are terms that have crept into the web design world and I’ll admit that initially I didn’t know what they were or how they would affect the way I approach a design job, but after reading a few articles online and listening to a recent talk from Elliot Jay Stocks it proved [...]
Isn’t it time IE6 quietly disappeared?
March 13, 2009 – 10:05 pm
In 2001 Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 became the most dominant web browser in the world. Nine years on new technology and browsers such as Firefox and Google Chrome have left this average piece of software behind. In 2009 I think it is time that the web helped IE6 finally move on, but will it?