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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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
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. ;)
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
It's about damn time.
ReplyDeleteFINALLY! YAY!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs 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!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNICE!
ReplyDeleteThis is great news for everybody that suffers with older browser support. I just hope other big companies will follow...
ReplyDeleteThank you! Now I can say to my clients "Not even Google supports IE6". :)
ReplyDeleteThanks 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)
ReplyDeleteI 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.
thank you very much, Bye IE6!!
ReplyDeleteOn behalf of web users and developers everywhere, thank you, Google!
ReplyDeleteIt's time for IE6 to go.
Heart-felt thanks from the front-end web dev community.
ReplyDeleteFinally! Die IE6! Die!
ReplyDelete-A Web Developer
It's about time! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
ReplyDeleteBravo.
ReplyDeleteWheee!
ReplyDeleteGoogle 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.
ReplyDeleteThis is GREAT news.
ReplyDeleteThis is possibly the best news all year =)
ReplyDeleteHope 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.
ReplyDeleteGood on you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Google! Lead the way!
ReplyDeleteGreat 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 :))
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me! IE6 needs to be eradicated. Sometimes coding fixes for that browser takes almost as long as the primary dev.
ReplyDeleteGood news!
ReplyDeleteHere here!
ReplyDeleteThank you! This is huge!
ReplyDeleteHopefully this will give the movement to update old browsers some much needed momentum.
ReplyDeletethank you google!!! =)
ReplyDeletethis is amazing news!!!
ReplyDeletespecially to all of us web developers who waste loads of time adjusting css and markup to work on IE6 :)
thanks Google!
2010 is going to be a good year.
ReplyDeleteIt 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...
ReplyDeleteOn behalf of web developers everywhere, thank you.
ReplyDeleteExcellent news! Thank you Google! (And thanks for Android too!)
ReplyDeletePlease mention Opera too. It's better than Safari or Chrome.
ReplyDeleteAnd Opera 10 presumably?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteWill you use intelligent capability detection or just sniff browser user agent strings?
ReplyDeleteat last!
ReplyDeleteEr, Opera?
ReplyDeleteOh you could at least post Opera. They invented Tabbed Browsing. You all use that.
ReplyDeleteThis 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.
ReplyDeleteThank 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.
ReplyDeleteGOOD
ReplyDeleteAbout time
ReplyDeleteAbout time too. Well done.
ReplyDeleteOh, where is Opera ? Like, Opera 10.50 even beats Chrome in a couple perf benchmarks, and is great on standards.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I wish IE6 would just go away already!
ReplyDeleteAmen!
ReplyDeleteFinally.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Opera :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.opera.com
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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
FINALLY.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. Thank you Google! We needed the support from big companies to finally start phasing out IE6. THANK YOU THANK YOU!
This post should really be done in different languages instead of English.
ReplyDeleteNice Move :))
ReplyDelete*golf clap*
ReplyDeleteAs a Opera fanboy I'm curious at what version number do you draw the line?
ReplyDeleteThat'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.
ReplyDeleteIt would be even more valuable news with the services that have JavaScript API.
ReplyDeleteI'm agree IE 6 must die!
ReplyDeleteAbout time!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great decision.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU SO MUCH! This will make my life, and the Internet as a whole, so much better!
ReplyDeleteThank you. This is a HUGE step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteI think you're forgetting Opera somewhere up there.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Opera??????????
ReplyDeleteWhy not Opera?
ReplyDeletehuzzah!
ReplyDeleteWhat about the modern, but not perfectly up to spec browsers, like links, w3m, dillo, etc?
ReplyDeleteI 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.)
ReplyDeleteGood step. IE6 must die
ReplyDeleteA large number of people would appreciate if you added Opera to this list.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/avuts/google_dropping_support_for_nonmodern_browsers/
I consider Opera to be a more mature browser than some of the others. Why is it not included on your list?
ReplyDeleteWhy is Opera 10 not included in the list of modern browsers?
ReplyDeleteThank you. That's all I have to say as a web developer.
ReplyDeleteWhere Opera?
ReplyDeleteThis is just awesome.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
Will the new apps be tested with Opera, too?
ReplyDeleteGreat!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLeaving out Opera 9.5+ is a real PITA.
ReplyDeleteIt'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.
ReplyDeleteIf 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
Don't forget about Opera Browser. It is modern and rather popular, especially in Europe.
ReplyDeleteOpera 10+ ?
ReplyDeleteThis is music to my ears - Let's push things forward!
ReplyDeleteNot that I am a big fan of Opera, it still deserves a place within the "modern browser" group.
ReplyDeletethanks this decision can set standard to use only IE7.0+
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, in the trenches, you just have to load up lynx at a bash prompt and look up stuff. ;)
You should support also Opera 10+
ReplyDeletegreat news! its about time
ReplyDeleteGreat move!
ReplyDeleteit's about time :) good for you! and us..
ReplyDeleteNice! Hope other companies will do the same ^^
ReplyDeleteYes, you did it, it wasn't so hard was it?
ReplyDeleteGreat work guys!
ReplyDeleteExcellent news for developers and users. Thanks to this better websolutions can be done now.
ReplyDeleteOr Opera browser ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing the right thing! It's good to have a big publisher like Google doing this.
ReplyDeleteWill Google support Opera?
ReplyDeleteWill Lynx work?
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you start supporting Opera? Its also a mordern browser and its the best one :P
ReplyDeletewhy don't you link to Opera ?
ReplyDeleteExcellent 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!
ReplyDeleteHow about Opera?
ReplyDeleteabout time someone took a stand and got the ball rolling. i was beginning to think IE6 would be around forever. good luck to you..
ReplyDeleteBye bye IE6! Onwards to the future!
ReplyDeleteGreat! :)
ReplyDeleteHow about Opera?
ReplyDeleteWhat about Opera 10?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Google.
ReplyDeleteHow about Opera?
ReplyDeleteWhere is the love for Opera? It is a modern browser!
ReplyDeleteThank you soo much for helping us webdesigners and developers to kill the clients use of IE6!
ReplyDeleteAnd Opera 10.10
ReplyDeletehttp://www.opera.com/
Don't forget Opera, great browser as well!
ReplyDeletefinally...
ReplyDeleteWhat about Opera?
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you!
ReplyDeleteNow 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!
Is the omission of Opera deliberate?
ReplyDeleteHoorah. Maybe this will mean that the rest of the world's web developers can stop supporting IE6 as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Google.
Where is Opera on this list?
ReplyDeleteAnd why Opera browser is blocking?
ReplyDeleteThis is great news for everyone on the internet!
ReplyDeleteThank you
ReplyDeleteBRAVO!
ReplyDeleteFinally!
AMEN.
ReplyDeleteIE7+, FF3+, Chrome, Safari - that makes sense. But what about Opera? I'd love docs even more if spreadsheets fully supported Opera 10+.
ReplyDeleteSUDDENLY, Opera devs are on their own again :)
ReplyDeleteFinally! Thank you Google !!
ReplyDeleteExcellent decision. I hope others will follow.
ReplyDeleteExcellent 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.
ReplyDeleteWhere is Opera? You are crazy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Google. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteShould I rant about Opera not being in that list? Or is it just carelesness? Or maybe malicious intent?
ReplyDeleteamen!
ReplyDeleteAs 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
Thank you, Google! IE6 must die!
ReplyDeletew00t first post
ReplyDeleteWhere's Opera?
ReplyDeleteLast time I checked it supported web standards better than some of the browsers you listed (at least IE)..
Opera?
ReplyDeleteGood decision, I'm 100% with you.
ReplyDeleteWhat about text browsers? Lynx, w3m etc?
ReplyDeleteThank 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.
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT!!!! Please help kill IE6. Bane of my existence.
ReplyDeleteHow 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.
What about Opera?
ReplyDeleteI realise this list is not meant to be exhaustive, but what is your stance on Opera?
ReplyDeleteGreat news!
ReplyDeletethis is great news, but please don't discriminate on modern but less widespread browser.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame Gmail don't work well with konqueror (chrome's father).
thanks
Where's Opera on that list?
ReplyDeleteAnd since when Opera 10.10, which Chrome looks heavily alike, doesn't count as modern browser?
ReplyDeletewhat no Opera choice?
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteGood. Better to have targeted development, where you can focus on functionality, instead of spending all of your time fixing bugs to support legacy software.
ReplyDeleteyay
ReplyDeletethank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you! This will make it easier for the employees at my company to persuade the IT department to switch to IE7.
ReplyDeleteGreat, now hopefully the standard will become not to support ie6 anymore.
ReplyDeleteOpera 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.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as a web developer, this is so awesome.
ReplyDeleteYou little beauty! Good call :)
ReplyDeleteDown with IE6!
This is great news! And a clear signal that Microsoft monopoly is finally on the way of its end. Thanks Google!
ReplyDeleteWhat about Opera browser?
ReplyDeleteWhat about Opera browser?
ReplyDeletewhy no opera?
ReplyDeletewww.opera.com
best in browsing.
epic
ReplyDeleteHow 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?
ReplyDelete37Signals... 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.
ReplyDeleteFinally!
ReplyDeleteAbout time. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteWhen you stop the IE support ? :D
ReplyDeleteAt last! (front-end developer)
ReplyDeleteThis is pro.
ReplyDeleteNo Opera support?
ReplyDeleteThis is the best news last week :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe now people will think, and will be less use of IE6. And maybe the enterprise segment will be also withdraw support for it.
ok
ReplyDeleteGreat move. Thanks for pushing the web forward.
ReplyDeletegreat!
ReplyDeleteworld needs to get rid of ie6 once for all
FINALLY !
ReplyDeleteOpera support?
ReplyDeleteFinally we have a chance to get rid of this ancient browser which has been pain in the ass for most of web developers.
ReplyDeleteThank you Google!
Daftar google Apps dpt gratis internet 30 hari..
ReplyDeleteHoorraayyyyyy!!!
ReplyDeleteOpera isn't a modern browser ? Seems that Google fears about the little "big" browser ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd where's Opera?
ReplyDeleteThis is completely understandable and at the same time great to hear! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhy 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.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! 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...
ReplyDeleteCan you please post the other companies that have stopped support for IE 6?
ReplyDeleteGood on you, Google. It's about time someone gave IE6 the shove into the grave it needs.
ReplyDeleteThank you. This has been a long time coming.
ReplyDeleteone small step for google's developers, one giant leap for the developer kind
ReplyDeleteThank you... its about time something was done about the aging browsers that do nothing but make it difficult on us developers.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Opera?
ReplyDeletedon't forget opera
ReplyDeletePerhaps 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....
ReplyDeleteIt's about time. Let hope Google will make happen what most developers have been waiting for for years.
ReplyDeleteDennis
good move
ReplyDeleteIt's about time you guys decided to do that! I believe you will be followed by many others.
ReplyDeleteThank 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.
ReplyDeleteVery Very Very Thanks
ReplyDeleteMuito obrigao google!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why don't you consider Opera as a modern browser? Forcing me to change my browser is a deal breaker for a web app.
ReplyDeleteAnd OPERA 10 , I hope...
ReplyDeleteEveryone 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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