[TYPO3-dev] Please test UI patches also in IE6

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Hi Jigal,

+1 on your points.

Cheers,
Ernesto

Jigal van Hemert schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>> Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
>> I think we should drop IE6 support for backend completely in 4.3. MS
>> officially drop regular support for IE6 at December 31st, 2009.
> 
> Response from Microsoft to the idea of various websites to drop support
> for IE6 [1]:
> " Dropping support for IE6 is not an option because we committed to
> supporting the IE included with Windows for the lifespan of the product.
> We keep our commitments. Many people expect what they originally got with
> their operating system to keep working whatever release cadence particular
> subsystems have. "
> 
> About the lifespan of Windows XP (which was shipped with IE6 included) [2]:
> " Products Released        Windows XP Professional
> General Availability Date  12/31/2001
> Mainstream Support Retired  4/14/2009
> Extended Support Retired     4/8/2014
> Service Pack Retired        8/30/2005 "
> 
> I couldn't find the date of December 31st, 2009 in this regard. The
> worrying conclusion of the data above must be that MS will continue to
> support IE6 until the lifespan of Windows XP has ended.
> 
> Last month Digg had a survey about IE6 usage. [3] Lots of IE6 users simply
> can't upgrade (mostly because their computer is a company owned PC).
> 
> The main question here is: what is the target audience for TYPO3? If you
> want to have businesses and corporations as TYPO3 users, I'm afraid that
> IE6 is a must have. When agencies get requests for proposals they usually
> have to compete with other CMS's. IF IE6 is a must have then TYPO3 without
> IE6 support for the backend means that TYPO3 will not be considered for
> this project.
> 
> typo3.com still says that TYPO3 is an enterprise level solution, but
> dropping IE6 support would change this. I also feel that this decision is
> more a matter for the association.
> 
> [1] http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/08/10/engineering-pov-ie6.aspx
> [2] http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223
> [3] http://blog.digg.com/?p=878
> 
> Notes: I am aware that supporting IE6 requires a much bigger effort for
> making a cooler, better and more functional backend. I'm personally no fan
> of IE6 (to put it mildly).
> 
> Regards,