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  1. dotnetdiscussionJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    It's about damn time.

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  2. GussyJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:41 PM

    FINALLY! YAY!!!!

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  3. CarlJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:42 PM

    As a Software Engineer/Web Developer all I can say is . . . . I LOVE YOU GOOGLE! This is the best news I have heard all year. You made my day!!!!!

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  4. RyanJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:44 PM

    NICE!

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  5. PresidenteJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:49 PM

    This is great news for everybody that suffers with older browser support. I just hope other big companies will follow...

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  6. sareiodataJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    Thank you! Now I can say to my clients "Not even Google supports IE6". :)

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  7. AitchJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    Thanks Google, Microsoft should really work harder to phase these outdated dangerous browsers out (and, the minority vendors with old vulnerable versions still in the wild)

    I look forward to seeing a wider adoption of these bold principles about the future of current technology on the web.

    (And, am thankful that Apple have been so smart as to push Safari as a first-class application platform on their new devices.)

    This really is an exciting time to be a web-software engineer.

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  8. Bart EnsinkJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    thank you very much, Bye IE6!!

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  9. athstarkieJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    On behalf of web users and developers everywhere, thank you, Google!

    It's time for IE6 to go.

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  10. EstebanJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    Heart-felt thanks from the front-end web dev community.

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  11. zachcJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:05 PM

    Finally! Die IE6! Die!

    -A Web Developer

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  12. JayJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    It's about time! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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  13. Travis ClineJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Bravo.

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  14. Travis BellJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:11 PM

    Wheee!

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  15. pashdownJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:12 PM

    Google should help us all by redirecting all IE6 requests to a download page for the listed browsers. If Google blocked it, its use would be less than .1% the next day.

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  16. joshuaruddJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:13 PM

    This is GREAT news.

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  17. Damien TannerJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    This is possibly the best news all year =)

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  18. Ramon AntonioJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:16 PM

    Hope support goes for standards, not for concrete browsers. There are some like Konqueror+Webkit that don't get support for not having the right user-agent.

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  19. Rob AshtonJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:21 PM

    Good on you.

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  20. Brett CrockettJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:27 PM

    Thank you Google! Lead the way!

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  21. AlexJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    Great news! I hope other big companies will drop support for IE 6, and who knows, maybe 2 years later support for IE7 will be dropped... and so on :))

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  22. turbidityJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:33 PM

    Sounds good to me! IE6 needs to be eradicated. Sometimes coding fixes for that browser takes almost as long as the primary dev.

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  23. JorgeJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    Good news!

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  24. mikemetcalfJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    Here here!

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  25. SeanJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:44 PM

    Thank you! This is huge!

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  26. chapolitoJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:46 PM

    Hopefully this will give the movement to update old browsers some much needed momentum.

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  27. IvanJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    thank you google!!! =)

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  28. RafaelJanuary 29, 2010 at 3:48 PM

    this is amazing news!!!
    specially to all of us web developers who waste loads of time adjusting css and markup to work on IE6 :)

    thanks Google!

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  29. Max RJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    2010 is going to be a good year.

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  30. MartinJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    It really was about time to! Thanks Google - no we can all drop support and remove all the wired workaround stuff from the beautiful code of our websites...

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  31. Paul FreetJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:12 PM

    On behalf of web developers everywhere, thank you.

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  32. josef.dunneJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    Excellent news! Thank you Google! (And thanks for Android too!)

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  33. pufoneJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:52 PM

    Please mention Opera too. It's better than Safari or Chrome.

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  34. PhilJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    And Opera 10 presumably?

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  35. murphyJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:57 PM

    Congratulations!

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  36. evil-ottoJanuary 29, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    Will you use intelligent capability detection or just sniff browser user agent strings?

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  37. supertivoJanuary 29, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    at last!

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  38. BronJanuary 29, 2010 at 5:24 PM

    Er, Opera?

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  39. pelldJanuary 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    Oh you could at least post Opera. They invented Tabbed Browsing. You all use that.

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  40. Eric HillJanuary 29, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    This is excellent news! Please feel free to phase out supporting IE6 for ALL of your products. The sooner more forward-thinking companies like yours do this, the better off we'll all be.

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  41. SavaticusJanuary 29, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    Thank you google, maybe this move will help other companies move into the new millennium and stop forcing their developers to write horrible code required to support bad browsers.

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  42. ПЄϴ§ị§January 29, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    GOOD

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  43. JasonJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    About time

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  44. Earle MartinJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    About time too. Well done.

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  45. EirasJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Oh, where is Opera ? Like, Opera 10.50 even beats Chrome in a couple perf benchmarks, and is great on standards.

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  46. MDJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Thank you! I wish IE6 would just go away already!

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  47. snoguitarJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:35 PM

    Amen!

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  48. zoLJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:45 PM

    Finally.

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  49. ZJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    Don't forget Opera :)

    http://www.opera.com

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  50. PHBJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:04 PM

    Why don't you get a clue and support the use of Google bookmarks in Google Chrome? I have over 500 bookmarks, all stored in Google bookmarks. Without access to my bookmarks a browser is useless to me.

    I am not the only person telling you this either. You have been told that this is a problem repeatedly and each time the only response is 'well a lot of people have asked for features'.

    Providing support for a service provided by your own company is hardly in the same class as random feature requests.

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  51. DFischerJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:07 PM

    FINALLY.

    This is amazing. Thank you Google! We needed the support from big companies to finally start phasing out IE6. THANK YOU THANK YOU!

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  52. S-AshJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    This post should really be done in different languages instead of English.

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  53. Urvan (SSDT) AnahataJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    Nice Move :))

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  54. energythiefJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    *golf clap*

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  55. John RandomJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:12 PM

    As a Opera fanboy I'm curious at what version number do you draw the line?

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  56. hcarvalhoalvesJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM

    That's wonderful news, to know that a company the size of Google is pushing forward the adoption of newer browsers to the common web user.

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  57. EsaJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:35 PM

    It would be even more valuable news with the services that have JavaScript API.

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  58. tegar_majiJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:57 PM

    I'm agree IE 6 must die!

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  59. AleksJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:15 PM

    About time!

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  60. Walter HernandezJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    That is a great decision.

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  61. Dave LichtermanJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! This will make my life, and the Internet as a whole, so much better!

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  62. ChrisJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:44 PM

    Thank you. This is a HUGE step in the right direction.

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  63. Andrew HughesJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:47 PM

    I think you're forgetting Opera somewhere up there.

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  64. AcceptanceRiseJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:48 PM

    What about Opera??????????

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  65. AnoopJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Why not Opera?

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  66. ray.voelkerJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM

    huzzah!

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  67. zashisanJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:24 PM

    What about the modern, but not perfectly up to spec browsers, like links, w3m, dillo, etc?

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  68. Roy HaywardJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM

    I understand their choice, but this means my poor little W2K box is getting left further behind. Thankfully there is Mozilla still lets me install the latest Firefox. (All my other boxes run linux now, this is my last machine to pay the MS tax, so it is a object of nostalgia.)

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  69. Anterpreet SinghJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:58 PM

    Good step. IE6 must die

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  70. CodyJanuary 29, 2010 at 10:24 PM

    A large number of people would appreciate if you added Opera to this list.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/avuts/google_dropping_support_for_nonmodern_browsers/

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  71. Ryan MeyerJanuary 29, 2010 at 11:02 PM

    I consider Opera to be a more mature browser than some of the others. Why is it not included on your list?

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  72. NiteShdwJanuary 29, 2010 at 11:21 PM

    Why is Opera 10 not included in the list of modern browsers?

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  73. hellotoothpasteJanuary 29, 2010 at 11:23 PM

    Thank you. That's all I have to say as a web developer.

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  74. mr.strackJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:02 AM

    Where Opera?

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  75. PopSmithJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:11 AM

    This is just awesome.

    I am hoping this, along with other companies dropping IE6 support, will cause IE6 usage to hit >1% by the end of 2010. Yeah, that's a bit optimistic but I'm sure many others would love to see that as well.

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  76. he2heJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:31 AM

    Will the new apps be tested with Opera, too?

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  77. andylenzJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:43 AM

    Great!!!!!!!!!!

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  78. Bassman on overdriveJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:51 AM

    Leaving out Opera 9.5+ is a real PITA.

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  79. FrankJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:02 AM

    It's great news for the web that Google encourages people to upgrade their browser. I think they're plenty of other companies that will do the same now. Web developers around the world will be able to focus more on innovation and latest web standards possibilities.

    If you don't know what a broswer is or which one you already use, I recommand you give a look at http://www.whatbrowser.org

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  80. Co0LJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:21 AM

    Don't forget about Opera Browser. It is modern and rather popular, especially in Europe.

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  81. BenJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:27 AM

    Opera 10+ ?

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  82. AviJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:30 AM

    This is music to my ears - Let's push things forward!

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  83. andriJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:31 AM

    Not that I am a big fan of Opera, it still deserves a place within the "modern browser" group.

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  84. goutham vJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:34 AM

    thanks this decision can set standard to use only IE7.0+

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  85. FortysevenJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:41 AM

    I can definitely see this being good for the more advanced services, but maintaining a basic 'lite' search page for lesser browsers doesn't seem like a bad idea.

    Sometimes, in the trenches, you just have to load up lynx at a bash prompt and look up stuff. ;)

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  86. vetalikJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:43 AM

    You should support also Opera 10+

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  87. asceticJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:01 AM

    great news! its about time

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  88. ferdousxJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:03 AM

    Great move!

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  89. SamJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:17 AM

    it's about time :) good for you! and us..

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  90. NicolasJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:18 AM

    Nice! Hope other companies will do the same ^^

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  91. PKJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:20 AM

    Yes, you did it, it wasn't so hard was it?

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  92. Timo VirtanenJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:29 AM

    Great work guys!

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  93. kaupsJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:34 AM

    Excellent news for developers and users. Thanks to this better websolutions can be done now.

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  94. malihuJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:44 AM

    Or Opera browser ;)

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  95. Walter VosJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:47 AM

    Thanks for doing the right thing! It's good to have a big publisher like Google doing this.

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  96. bvimoJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:50 AM

    Will Google support Opera?

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  97. d.k.b.e.1.9.8.3January 30, 2010 at 2:51 AM

    Will Lynx work?

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  98. ramiJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:57 AM

    Why don't you start supporting Opera? Its also a mordern browser and its the best one :P

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  99. pyJanuary 30, 2010 at 3:06 AM

    why don't you link to Opera ?

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  100. JoakimJanuary 30, 2010 at 3:21 AM

    Excellent initiative Google, let's get rid of this plague called Internet Explorer 6 once and for all! It doesn't really matter what people upgrade to, as long as they leave IE6 behind!

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  101. abubegaJanuary 30, 2010 at 3:23 AM

    How about Opera?

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  102. chlorinekidJanuary 30, 2010 at 3:28 AM

    about time someone took a stand and got the ball rolling. i was beginning to think IE6 would be around forever. good luck to you..

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  103. RobIIIJanuary 30, 2010 at 3:30 AM

    Bye bye IE6! Onwards to the future!

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  104. psychoJanuary 30, 2010 at 3:33 AM

    Great! :)

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  105. Michał B.January 30, 2010 at 3:55 AM

    How about Opera?

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  106. SZayatJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:12 AM

    What about Opera 10?

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  107. StormenJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:12 AM

    Thank you, Google.

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  108. InternetowyJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:14 AM

    How about Opera?

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  109. Fredrik CJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:15 AM

    Where is the love for Opera? It is a modern browser!

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  110. PjärtaJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:29 AM

    Thank you soo much for helping us webdesigners and developers to kill the clients use of IE6!

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  111. www.nanandgrandadsmith.comJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:38 AM

    And Opera 10.10
    http://www.opera.com/

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  112. Tristan WoudenbergJanuary 30, 2010 at 5:03 AM

    Don't forget Opera, great browser as well!

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  113. Gercek KarakusJanuary 30, 2010 at 5:52 AM

    finally...

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  114. JigsusJanuary 30, 2010 at 5:56 AM

    What about Opera?

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  115. Sir DemonJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:02 AM

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!
    Now maybe I can finally convince my bosses that IE6 is crap and they should stop using it or supporting it on our website.
    If Google goes first, they may finally agree!

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  116. NobodyJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:30 AM

    Is the omission of Opera deliberate?

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  117. FryJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:36 AM

    Hoorah. Maybe this will mean that the rest of the world's web developers can stop supporting IE6 as well.

    Thank you, Google.

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  118. geekalotJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:38 AM

    Where is Opera on this list?

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  119. winterwindJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:54 AM

    And why Opera browser is blocking?

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  120. ./orta January 30, 2010 at 6:56 AM

    This is great news for everyone on the internet!

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  121. Skylar SavelandJanuary 30, 2010 at 7:05 AM

    Thank you

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  122. WojtekJanuary 30, 2010 at 7:13 AM

    BRAVO!
    Finally!

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  123. alessandro.plasmatiJanuary 30, 2010 at 7:38 AM

    AMEN.

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  124. SeanJanuary 30, 2010 at 7:42 AM

    IE7+, FF3+, Chrome, Safari - that makes sense. But what about Opera? I'd love docs even more if spreadsheets fully supported Opera 10+.

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  125. JusJanuary 30, 2010 at 7:45 AM

    SUDDENLY, Opera devs are on their own again :)

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  126. Nighteh3January 30, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    Finally! Thank you Google !!

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  127. kingjames128January 30, 2010 at 8:31 AM

    Excellent decision. I hope others will follow.

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  128. SteveJanuary 30, 2010 at 8:37 AM

    Excellent news. It's great to see Google assisting in attempting to rid the Internet of IE6. IE6 has dragged sites down to the lowest common denominator for years, and I wasted months trying to get my own site to work with IE6.

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  129. ultracJanuary 30, 2010 at 9:09 AM

    Where is Opera? You are crazy.

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  130. KentonBombJanuary 30, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    Thank you, Google. Thank you.

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  131. Ala care esteJanuary 30, 2010 at 9:37 AM

    Should I rant about Opera not being in that list? Or is it just carelesness? Or maybe malicious intent?

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  132. jayohJanuary 30, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    amen!

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  133. ZacJanuary 30, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    As much as I understand the move and hate all things IE6. I am forced to use it at work due to ridiculous intranet apps that were built with the IE6 only compatibility. I work for a state government agency and the IT folks in my district have no say in what the overall state policy is. I have been using Google Docs for a while and it is good that I am able to access documents I am working on at home while at work. I will miss this feature.

    I know they need a kick in the pants at the IT department and I hope it motivates them to finally upgrade. I wouldn't be surprised if they just used this as an excuse to say, 'You don't need those sites to do your job.'

    Lastly, please don't make Gmail stop working in IE6.

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  134. YammezJanuary 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    Thank you, Google! IE6 must die!

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  135. DannyJanuary 30, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    w00t first post

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  136. BorutJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    Where's Opera?

    Last time I checked it supported web standards better than some of the browsers you listed (at least IE)..

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  137. GejzaJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM

    Opera?

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  138. DanielJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:29 AM

    Good decision, I'm 100% with you.

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  139. fergalishJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    What about text browsers? Lynx, w3m etc?

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  140. Dan FrydmanJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:40 AM

    Thank you Google. About time someone big in the business community suggested this to other businesses and a boon to web developers. More importantly it means more security for users.

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  141. ScottJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    LOVE IT!!!! Please help kill IE6. Bane of my existence.

    How about a step futher and make users of IE 6 upgrade or NO google?

    If you did this, I would expand my ritualistic worship of the Google god.

    I believe that killing IE 6 will be the nexus of a perfect harmonious convergence.

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  142. MarkJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    What about Opera?

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  143. Greg HeafieldJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    I realise this list is not meant to be exhaustive, but what is your stance on Opera?

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  144. Mikhail KoryakJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    Great news!

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  145. ludovicovanJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    this is great news, but please don't discriminate on modern but less widespread browser.
    It's a shame Gmail don't work well with konqueror (chrome's father).

    thanks

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  146. markbrown4January 30, 2010 at 1:10 PM

    Where's Opera on that list?

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  147. ErtugrulJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    And since when Opera 10.10, which Chrome looks heavily alike, doesn't count as modern browser?

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  148. KenJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:16 PM

    what no Opera choice?

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  149. DannyJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    THANK YOU!

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  150. AnthonyJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    Good. Better to have targeted development, where you can focus on functionality, instead of spending all of your time fixing bugs to support legacy software.

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  151. DouglasJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    yay

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  152. JonathanJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:22 PM

    thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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  153. Therese ReuterswärdJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:47 PM

    Thank you! This will make it easier for the employees at my company to persuade the IT department to switch to IE7.

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  154. PaulJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:49 PM

    Great, now hopefully the standard will become not to support ie6 anymore.

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  155. ferdJanuary 30, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    Opera needs some love. It's even better at supporting standards than Chrome is and they're the one who submitted the proposals for the HMTL5 Video tag that youtube now supports.

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  156. MattJanuary 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    Speaking as a web developer, this is so awesome.

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  157. RichardJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    You little beauty! Good call :)
    Down with IE6!

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  158. Diego CaravanaJanuary 30, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    This is great news! And a clear signal that Microsoft monopoly is finally on the way of its end. Thanks Google!

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  159. mspeharJanuary 30, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    What about Opera browser?

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  160. mspeharJanuary 30, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    What about Opera browser?

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  161. anthonyJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    why no opera?
    www.opera.com
    best in browsing.

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  162. mikescodingJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    epic

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  163. newbiestuffJanuary 30, 2010 at 8:19 PM

    How about Opera browser? I use the latest, Opera 10.10, but it still has some bugs. I prefer the older version, 9.xx series. Do you still support that?

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  164. Mark HoltonJanuary 30, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    37Signals... hats off to these guys as they were seemingly one of the first to cross the rubicon. Great to see Google also making this move, and hope all others follow suit. IE6 should die.

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  165. BordeuxJanuary 31, 2010 at 1:05 AM

    Finally!

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  166. NiklasJanuary 31, 2010 at 2:25 AM

    About time. Keep up the good work!

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  167. LoanJanuary 31, 2010 at 2:55 AM

    When you stop the IE support ? :D

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  168. FreakJanuary 31, 2010 at 6:48 AM

    At last! (front-end developer)

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  169. SmurfyJanuary 31, 2010 at 6:51 AM

    This is pro.

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  170. deimosJanuary 31, 2010 at 7:26 AM

    No Opera support?

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  171. DmitryJanuary 31, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    This is the best news last week :)
    Maybe now people will think, and will be less use of IE6. And maybe the enterprise segment will be also withdraw support for it.

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  172. BaZZoJanuary 31, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    ok

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  173. Dan CroakJanuary 31, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    Great move. Thanks for pushing the web forward.

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  174. rusJanuary 31, 2010 at 10:25 AM

    great!

    world needs to get rid of ie6 once for all

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  175. YorickJanuary 31, 2010 at 11:28 AM

    FINALLY !

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  176. David MorashJanuary 31, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    Opera support?

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  177. lasseJanuary 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    Finally we have a chance to get rid of this ancient browser which has been pain in the ass for most of web developers.
    Thank you Google!

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  178. UchimaruJanuary 31, 2010 at 12:18 PM

    Daftar google Apps dpt gratis internet 30 hari..

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  179. MarcJanuary 31, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Hoorraayyyyyy!!!

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  180. RayonnageJanuary 31, 2010 at 3:20 PM

    Opera isn't a modern browser ? Seems that Google fears about the little "big" browser ;)

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  181. qwertyJanuary 31, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    And where's Opera?

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  182. n!ckJanuary 31, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    This is completely understandable and at the same time great to hear! Thank you.

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  183. PoliitikJanuary 31, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    Why does Google never refer to Opera? Even though it has a bigger market share than Safari worldwide and it is number 1 browser in some countries.

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  184. richblJanuary 31, 2010 at 6:44 PM

    Excellent! Well said. It's about time the web community saw some value in upholding browser standards. It'll help spur on innovation and progress while accelerating the development of security protocols. Here's to a very small step closer to HTML 5...

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  185. CaseyJanuary 31, 2010 at 7:17 PM

    Can you please post the other companies that have stopped support for IE 6?

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  186. BixJanuary 31, 2010 at 7:51 PM

    Good on you, Google. It's about time someone gave IE6 the shove into the grave it needs.

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  187. richtaurJanuary 31, 2010 at 8:10 PM

    Thank you. This has been a long time coming.

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  188. PeterJanuary 31, 2010 at 8:35 PM

    one small step for google's developers, one giant leap for the developer kind

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  189. AselaJanuary 31, 2010 at 9:10 PM

    Thank you... its about time something was done about the aging browsers that do nothing but make it difficult on us developers.

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  190. kostJanuary 31, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    What about Opera?

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  191. eknupJanuary 31, 2010 at 11:39 PM

    don't forget opera

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  192. MichaelFebruary 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM

    Perhaps one of these days you'll drop support for IE 6 from search and mail and force the rest of the world to Finally upgrade....

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  193. DennisFebruary 1, 2010 at 1:28 AM

    It's about time. Let hope Google will make happen what most developers have been waiting for for years.

    Dennis

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  194. Karthik BalaFebruary 1, 2010 at 1:29 AM

    good move

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  195. IgorFebruary 1, 2010 at 1:36 AM

    It's about time you guys decided to do that! I believe you will be followed by many others.

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  196. ChristiaanFebruary 1, 2010 at 3:44 AM

    Thank you Google for less headaches for developers that have to account for IE6 and for smaller javascript frameworks, because code that is now needed for IE6 compatibility issues, that may be removed in the near future.

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  197. MaximilianoFebruary 1, 2010 at 4:09 AM

    Very Very Very Thanks
    Muito obrigao google!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  198. amacinhoFebruary 1, 2010 at 4:23 AM

    Why don't you consider Opera as a modern browser? Forcing me to change my browser is a deal breaker for a web app.

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  199. RafaelFebruary 1, 2010 at 4:44 AM

    And OPERA 10 , I hope...

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  200. XpditeFebruary 1, 2010 at 5:15 AM

    Everyone is Bashing IE6 but there are companies out there that have apps that only support IE6. It would cost millions of dollars to updates those programs and before you jump on the band wagon and say that is there problem... remember who is going to pay for those upgrades.... YOU

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