koan - 12:26 pm on Aug 14, 2009 (gmt 0)

It's not just about being able to do more song, dances and spinning logos with the newest browsers, it's about the fundamentals, standard HTML and CSS, that IE 6 cannot handle properly and it makes for longer and more irritating development time. While good in its time, IE 6 now is an anchor to the messy past, and the minority that clings to it just make it harder for web developers. Of course, if you still make web sites like in 1995, you may not see it, but others are asked to do modern web sites by clients.

I do hope a few of the big players like youtube and digg incite the laggers to keep up a bit. In the world of technology, especially the internet, 8 years is very old. Browsers are free! All that is asked is 10 minutes of their time. Many probably weren't simply aware of it.