Poplicola Debate on Programming for IE6

Starting tonight and ending next Wednesday night, Poplicola will be hosting a debate between 5 panelists on one question: should web developers still build websites for Internet Explorer 6?

Following the recent hack on Google HQ which exploited some major holes in Internet Explorer, and particularly IE6, the IE6 debate has begun to receive more attention in the public.  According to w3schools, around 10-15% of all internet users still browse in IE6, which was released on August 27, 2001.  Along with security problems, IE6 is also known to have issues with rendering modern websites, creating a dilemma for web developers: do they create websites for a user base that still comprise a large percent of the internet browsing population, or do they begin to ignore this population?

To get the discussion started, I’ve gathered four individuals with differing views on the issue.  Hopefully, by the end, we’ll have developed some criteria for when, if at all, IE6 should stop receiving support.  So hop on over to the Discussion page and remember to keep checking in!

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  • Chad
    I'm actually torn, its annoying when a site doesn't work properly and I'm forced to use IE6 because of work. That said I don't know if that means I think that it should or shouldn't be coded for. It'd be nice if everything worked, so from that perspective I think that it should be coded for. Another part of me though thinks that the only way for it to actually go away would be if enough stuff just stops supporting it. One of the main reasons that Windows XP stuck around for that long is that support kept remaining for it .. if that had not happened others would have migrated away from it. Same thing could be true here too.
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