Cut the fat. If you still use IE 6, it's time to upgrade


Posted By: Thomas Shaw, 9:51pm Tuesday 25 May 2010

I hate supporting old internet browsers. Listen up fellow webmasters, job boards and solution providers. If you spend hours designing your site to work perfectly in IE 6, you’re taking away any incentive from slow adopters to drop their old browser. Take a stand and insist your users upgrade to the latest browser versions.

Google revealed earlier this year they would cease supporting IE 6 in a blog post "The web has evolved in the last ten years, from simple text pages to rich, interactive applications including video and voice. Unfortunately, very old browsers cannot run many of these new features effectively. So to help ensure your business can use the latest, most advanced web apps, we encourage you to update your browsers as soon as possible."

Numerous other job boards and solution providers already insist to their clients for the best possible experience with our site/application you should use the latest browsers.

So what do you do when a user visits your site using an old browser? Inform the user that you no longer support the browser they are using, and suggest alternatives.
There are many different browser detection scripts available that can be integrated with your website. Here are some examples from CareerOne/Monster and SEEK





It's time to cut the fat.