Comments for page "Farewell Explorer 6"

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Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:33:28 +0000

I'm glad the IE6 nightmare is finally over. When I first started a wiki here in 2008 it was awfully painful making a theme that worked consistently on all browsers. Similarly, GMail and many major sites already told users IE6 isn't going to be officially supported anymore. Hopefully we can get some more snazzy and modern features now :)

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Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:52:52 +0000

Yes, now it supports custom @font-face's

To be fair, Internet Explorer was the first browser to implement the @font-face rule - I believe it was first added in IE4 (1997).

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Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:03:51 +0000

I suppose I won't be having to do any more of the right picture anymore!

I've liked Firefox since I've gotten it, though I haven't had much experience with other browsers. I really enjoy Firefox's Firebug, though.

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Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:22:48 +0000

Shane said…

but CSS3 and HTML5 support is far better than it was in IE8.

Yes, now it supports custom @font-face's

Keyboard shortcuts compatibility at the Handbook

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:59:22 +0000

Just to remind that we once maintained this table.

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Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:27:42 +0000

I would also recommend Internet Explorer 9, for those that want to stick with IE.

Internet Explorer 9 Downloads Top 2 Million on First Day (that article also explains some of the improvements when moving from IE8 to IE9).

Download: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/internet-explorer/downloads/ie

Personally though, I prefer Google Chrome. Just thought it was important to mention the many improvements that the IE9 team has made to the browser. It had a lot of web standards to catch up on, and there are a few places that it still falls down… but CSS3 and HTML5 support is far better than it was in IE8.

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Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:18:18 +0000

You can include Opera in your recommendations. As I see it, it is far superior to Firefox and if you ask me, it behaves better than Chrome when stressed out.

If you don't believe me, try it out. After using it for a week you'll find yourself getting plug-ins for the other browser you are using so that they behave like Opera (Speed Dial and Mouse Gestures).

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Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:49:18 +0000

Not to mention that it has one of the most unimaginative names for software ever. Really, it's used for exploring the internet?
Anyway, I'm happy to see it go. Firefox all the way!

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Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:53:03 +0000

I'm happy, maybe this will be a reason for everyone to start making the switch to Google Chrome :)

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Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:41:48 +0000

This is good. IE6 always was horrible and I'm not at all sad to see it consigned to the trashcan.

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Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:57:28 +0000

I was stuck using IE6 on many work PCs for too many years because we were still running Win2K on our cash register system and it was just too expensive to upgrade. Just 2 weeks ago, I finished my last PC upgrade where I can finally say good-bye to IE6! It was a great feeling to finally be done with that year-long project and to say "adios" to IE6. We only use IE for Outlook Web Mail and MS Remote Desktop (because of ActiveX) and Firefox for most everything else.