2009/2/20 Aryeh Gregor Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com:
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:02 AM, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Would this be a model to follow ? Thanks, GerardM
Aan u verzonden door GerardM via Google Reader: Norwegian Websites Declare War on Internet Explorer 6 via Wired Top Stories door Michael Calore op 19-2-09 Several prominent websites in Norway are refusing to support the antiquated IE6 browser any longer, and have posted messages to IE6 users urging them to upgrade. The campaign has caught on, and is beginning to spread to other countries.
No. Many users are forced to use IE6 because their workplace relies on it for intranet applications, for instance. These users will eventually be forced to upgrade as time moves on, but it's not appropriate for Wikipedia to go out of its way to make their lives any more difficult than they already are. IE6 support is not a major barrier to new features at this point that I'm aware of, so the gain to us would be marginal.
There are different levels of support. We should certainly make sure things fail gracefully for IE6, but a new feature not working on IE6 shouldn't be a reason not to implement it for everyone else. (I believe that is pretty much the current policy already.)