D7 and IE6 Compatability

I have a client who really wants D7 to work on IE6 browsers due to the fact that ie6 is still used by the whole instiution. Can D7 be made ie6 compatible?

Is there some reason the institution can't install Firefox on their computers?

I don't think it works at all in IE6 - at least that is just want people have told me - I don't use IE6, so have not tested it.  I also have a prospective institutional client - a bank - that is also sticking with IE6 for now.

Please educate your client to update their browsers - http://www.bringdownie6.com/

All current web browsers are free - there is really no excuse not to upgrade.

Perhaps you can even get some additional work from your client by offering to upgrade his computers for him

Let me guess.

Still running Windows 98 or ME. Therefore modern browsers cannot be installed.

That would be the only excuse for not upgrading them

Mine in an extremely large multinational bank.  I'll let you tell them.

Its a hospital I do not think I can do anything about it.

It's no wonder hospitals and banks are two of the most troubled industries these days.  I think the inmates in the  Texas prison system have access to more up to date technology.

LOL - yes they still use IE6 at one of the companies I contract to - I suggested that they upgrade and pointed out a few security issues as a good reason - They took this as meaning "I am a hacker and I will hack your system" nearly got very messy - lol.

Funnily enough they run XP - so no excuse really. I put it down to the contracted IT company, who also lease hire the (old and substandard) equipment not wanting to invest the money (read: cut into the profit) to do it. (business is business)

Big multinationals account for most of the IE6 users today, and they are hard to get to change,  but suggesting it does not hurt. You can try mentioning security flaws, but be prepared to be treated with suspicion thereafter - lol.

Some interesting info...

According to the latest informatititle="SecurityFocus">SecurityFocus reports that IE6 has 396 known unpatched vulnerabilities, IE7 has 22, and IE8 has 25. The oldest known unpatched vulnerabilities for IE6, IE7, and IE8 date from November 20, 2000, May 17, 2007, and April 11, 2009 respectively.

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lol - now here's something funny

HL you're gonna love this...

They have a bad words filter working here as it keeps deleting a sentence from my post above.

Ahhhh the irony

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mnnn maybe they just got a bug in thier code - seemed to be filtering out the sentence with the work hacker in it - but I reworded it and now it's ok ??

Alex T "fixed" a bug a few days ago which allowed div tag css that would allow content to be displayed anywhere on the screen.   You know how it goes..... the solution to a problem, changes the nature of the problem.

People who post links like http://www.bringdownie6.com/ has no idea about how slowly big organisations take to upgrade. I work for the MET in the UK and they have only JUST upgraded there secure termials with XP. Yes I shit you not, they where using 2000 up to 2009.

All of the terminals are running ie6, can we change this? Well you could try but it would take another 10years for anything to be rolled out. Thats why its very easy to just state that a brower is free and you could just upgrade it but in realitiy its just not as simple as that. The world isnt running there own machines with total control over there OS, thats a tiny percentage.

Most people have to use what they are given.

/minor rant

Adam

RE:

If individuals or big organizations choose to cling to obsolete technology, they deserve whatever consequences go along with that.  Why should the part of the world that chooses to keep up to date with technology have any obligation to those who make a conscious decision to live in the past?  Why should a company design a NEW product with old technology?  It would make no sense to do so. 

Its more down to the logistics of it all, and imagin all the web based software like e-learning tools which they have used for years, they would have to be upgraded because of compatability issues. What im saying is, its not really about updating the browser which is the issue its more to do with all the shit that was designed to run on it.

I do agree with what your saying however. Updates = Win. Its just such a slow process when you have to do to for thousands and thousands of pc's.

Support should be dropped for IE6, but not for a fair while.

Adam