Microsoft to ditch support for IE6 in Office Web Apps

Re:Microsoft to ditch support for IE6 in Office Web Apps by TweedHeads on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @12:36PM (#758492)

Oh the irony!

They've been using IE6 as the anchor that doesn't let the web sail away and now they drop it like a dead weight to the bottom of the ocean just to push their agenda forward and get an early advantage over office suites online.

But you know what? we've been rowing the oars without their help pushing that heavy anchor with us as we move forward.

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Re:Microsoft to ditch support for IE6 in Office Web Apps by likpok on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @01:11PM (#758573)

I don't think that Microsoft likes IE6 any more than you do. They're just obligated to support it by their customers.

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Re:Microsoft to ditch support for IE6 in Office Web Apps by eli on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @08:06PM (#759636)

Agreed. They set IE8 to be a critical update to Windows. They really want you to upgrade.

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Re:Microsoft to ditch support for IE6 in Office Web Apps by nkohari on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @04:23PM (#759153)

We just decided not to support IE6. We might lose some customers, but we figured it would cost more to support it than we would make in lost revenue.

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