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Re:Microsoft decides to automatically update Internet Explor... by dhkl on Thursday December 15, 2011 @11:31AM (#3356767)
Perhaps one of the reason why people are still capable of getting an acceptable Internet experience from IE 6 and 7 is because Flash 10 (and 11 for IE 7) supports them.

Thank goodness that there is a strong traction behind HTML5 stack, and the industry as a whole is less reliant on Flash to deliver good UX.

Without Flash, the capability of these older browsers will be reduced, and I'm sure they will get abandoned at an even higher rate.

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Re:Microsoft decides to automatically update Internet Explor... by eli on Thursday December 15, 2011 @10:52PM (#3359337)
No, people using ie6 are getting a crap experience. Seriously, fire up a vm and click around for a while.

The only people still using it are unable to upgrade for some reason besides laziness and inertia.

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Re:Microsoft decides to automatically update Internet Explor... by yuhong on Thursday December 15, 2011 @09:10PM (#3359082)
Indeed, Flash became popular especially during the IE6 stagnation.
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