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

[David Bruchmann]

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Von:        Martin Kutschker <masi-no at spam-typo3.org>
Gesendet:   Dienstag, 18. August 2009 12:30:11
An:         typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de
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Betreff:    Re: [TYPO3-dev] Please test UI patches also in IE6
> David Bruchmann schrieb:
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> As long as there are people willing to make T3 compatible for older
>> Browsers I see no sense to make politics with those statements.
> 
> The point is nobody wants to make T3 compatible with IE6 any more.
> Starting with IE7 the IE browsers are much more compatible with the W3C
> DOM and other browsers.

Ok, that's the way of OpenSource (sure, can happen with commercial too, 
but on the base of contracts).
When it's to much work and slows down development to much I agree. I 
don't understand these IE-Users anyway ;-)

> 
> The only reason the BE of T3 works still with IE6 is that we know that
> some corporate users stick to IE6 for some reasons.
> 
>> I don't use IE6 by myself and IE8 only for testing or development. I'm
>> glad having better browsers but that's not the question. T3 simply
>> should work browser-independent.
> 
> Of course it should. But the efforts should be managable. As it is IE6
> is a major PITA and slows down the enhancement of the UI.

I thought about another Interface than PHP-driven, with Java or 
Flash-Interface, but at first TYPO3 is complicated enough without 
additional language / enviroment and second it would be the same problem 
on another level, I suppose.


Best Regards
David