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

[Steffen Gebert]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:29:29 +0200, Wiel, J.A.M. van de  
<j.a.m.v.d.wiel at tue.nl> wrote:

> Hi Jigal,
> Having IE6 working until 2014 may fit Microsoft's agenda, it doesn't  
> necessarily have to fit TYPO3's. By the time it's 2014 it will be a  
> *VERY* unwise decision for any enterprise to use IE6 for anything except  
> maybe some oddball intranet application. The browser will be so far  
> behind the times by then, it won't even be funny anymore. The web simply  
> wouldn't work on it anymore, and rightfully so. It would be much like  
> supporting 4.x browsers today. Of course it can be done technically, but  
> the choice would hold TYPO3 back immensely or burden it with huge  
> duplication of effort. It wouldn't be in any way unreasonable to drop  
> IE6 in the next major 4.x release right after MS updates IE to 8.x  
> (higher than .0) or even 9. Supporting IE6 any longer than that would  
> simply be detrimental to the way TYPO3 is experienced by its users. An  
> enterprise app for web publishing can use all the help it can get to be  
> as comfortable and intuitive to the user as possible. Supporting IE6  
> will hold such developments back immensely.

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