Of course the point stands that developers _probably_ still need to look out for IE6 users.

However, what the hell is Hank trying to say here? Is there a point to this blog post?

Is he suggesting that innovation should be halted simply because a large minority is still using outdated technology?

Exactly. All I could find in the article was vague naysaying. (Which, actually, seems to be the general tone of most of his posts.) Having a new decent browser that does a few innovative things is good. It won't solve the Internet's problems overnight, but it is clearly going to be beneficial on the long term.

His blog is called whydoeseverythingsuck seems like you should go in expecting whine over substance.

Oh, and according to W3C IE only has about 50% of market share, which is a lot different than the 75% he claims. is there a more accurate source he's going off of, or is it hyperbole?

Well the article was saying is that from a developers perspective, it is the bottom chunk of the market (IE6) that determine what he can or can't do, not the top.

Assuming of course, that whatever he's doing needs to run on all computers.

I agree. It does really depend on what type of user you are targeting. For some sites IE usage barely registers.

Unfortunately though, the people who use IE6 are the same people who click on "You won $10,000!! Click on the monkey to claim" adverts, so you can't really ignore them if you're going after advertising revenue.

"Unfortunately though, the people who use IE6 are the same people who click on "You won $10,000!! Click on the monkey to claim" adverts"

Um, not necessarily. Some of us are stuck on corporate machines that prevent you from running anything else. My back of the envelope guess is that this contributes to at least 25% of IE6 use.

I would guess significantly more that 25%. I used to work at a huge consulting company that still ran IE6 and was only recently looking to upgrade. I consulted for a government agency which was using IE6 and had no intention of upgrading soon. In fact, IE7 is banned by some government agencies.