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[Mark Armendariz]

Justin Dearing wrote:
> On 7/27/08, John Campbell <jcampbell1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>>  As a side note, is anyone thinking about abandoning IE6 testing?  My
>>  numbers on IE6 market share show it is around 20%. (my sites are US
>>  based and tend to be "consumer" focused).  Apple has dropped support
>>  for IE6 on their new me.com site.  I feel like once IE6 drops to 10%,
>>  it will no longer be worth supporting.
>>     
>
> Well what are the firefox numbers? I think IE6 is still relevant for
> e-commerce and 15 year old girl sites. No one runs windows update and
> no one is buying vista. I would consider limiting support of IE6 at
> this point, and maybe exclude IE6 from new features in your site.
>
>   

Here's a pretty decent roundup of how long a few well known companies / 
developers will be supporting IE6, if at all - some good arguments on 
both sides.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/07/ie6_on_its_way_out

Mark
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