Gareth Jones

Internet Explorer 6 was released back in 2001 and is therefore 8 year old technology. There are two newer versions of the browser available and of course there’s Firefox which is better than both of those, and yet many people are still using this ancient browser.

Explorer 6 provides web developers with a host of problems because of its non-compliance with various standards; it’s not secure; it’s slow; it’s feature-poor.

Some people feel so strongly about getting everyone to upgrade to a newer, less-broken version of Internet Explorer that websites have been set up specifically to promote this goal. The guys over at http://ie6update.com have even created plugins that can be installed on websites that will prompt its users to update their browser if they’re using IE6, and in support of this I have installed the WordPress version of the plugin on all of my websites.

If you get a message informing you that your browser is out of date and needs to be updated, do not be alarmed! Instead, please follow the link to Microsoft’s website to download the latest version of Internet Explorer.