A modern, IE6 free, web
We’re seeing the slow and inevitable death of IE6. At last. Latest figures put it at an ever decreasing 20% market share. It’s got us a long way but the new kids on the block need to take over now. We need a web full of modern browsers, HTML5 and CSS3 compliance is the future, a web where simplicity and data are the driving forces is what we need to strive for.
The faster our browser usage evolves the better, there are some ways you can help as well:
- Install a new browser and ditch IE yourself;
- Pester your work’s IT guys to install one;
- Stop supporting IE6 when you develop;
- If you develop anything do it with the modern web in mind.
That last one is the most important. We need the web to move on, but we can’t do that when we’re still developing for technology that’s 5 years old. With every new thing we build we need to try and push the advances of the modern web. Use HTML5, ditch Flash, expose your data, syndicate, mash up, utilise real-time content. It’s not about the browsers really, they’re just a little thing holding us back, it’s about achieving a more integrated, simplistic, beautiful web.
So the next time you have an opportunity to make something, don’t do the same old, make something different; innovate.
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