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I think IE6 is still the most common browser among IE.
Most corporations I work towards are on IE6+proxy servers caching absolutely everything (so bad some struggle to see the day's news page)...
So, NO MATTER how much you other developpers go on whining, it's pointless. We have to keep making new workarounds to "make it work".
Until we reach Microsoft's cut-off date, keep pouting, but keep "making it work".
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Well.. In addition to others, IE 6 always bugged me with the selects. I cant place a floating div over a select in IE 6 (had to put Iframe below any div.. strange fix  ). Thanks god, MS fixed this in IE7.
I left out IE6 long and dont want IE6 anymore. 
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Ill tell you what else MS needs to do, they need to get rid of stupid quirks mode and reverse compatibility crap.
Just move on already.
"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein
"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain
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i agree with u Vasian
really IE6 gives better performance me than IE7/ IE8
though it has less facility than IE6/7 but better in speed
Happy browsing
-koolprasad2003 
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It will be interesting to know WHY!
What are the reason of who is not allowing ?
If left this way, is just a... redirection to unknown!
2 bugs found.
> recompile ...
65534 bugs found.
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At work, our IT department wouldn't allow us to upgrade to v7 until about 4 months ago. Too many of the in-house applications wouldn't view correctly in IE7.
Judy
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Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love" by Robert A. Heinlein
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Sometimes it happens that a company still own Microsoft Windows 2000 running on all machines...in this way you cannot upgrate to IEX till you will upgrade OS as well
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That is a very poor reason not to install another browser. Keep using IE6 for the in-house applications and for the internet use Firefox, Opera, Safari, or Chrome. Any of these is safer, faster, and more capable than any Internet Explorer.
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PedroMC wrote: That is a very poor reason not to install another browser
I agree. Unfortunately there are companies out there who still won't let you [officially] install another browser. I believe there was a story regarding Orange in the UK a while back where call centre staff were threatened with the sack if they used another browser. The staff had started using Firefox and the like because the tabbed browsing facilities made their work more efficient. Despite this management put a stop to it. Ironically, Orange give their customers IE8 to sign up through.
Kevin
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Safer? Last time I read a security list, firefox, chrome and safari topped the list as the least secure. Also from my personal use I've found firefox is a lot slower than chrome, IE also only seems marginally slower than firefox, obviously it'll differ depending on the site your viewing and the plugins you have loaded but in most circumstances it's only a marginal difference, and almost imperceptable. The only complaint I have about IE is that it doesn't support newer CSS and HTML features as quickly as the other browsers. Other than that IE for me is the best general purpose browser, it also renders my HTML and CSS exactly as I write it, firefox and chrome never seem to render it right and I always have to find work arounds to get them to render correctly(especially tables and box model stuff).
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Some browsers don't support all site features so that could be a not upgrading reason. For example, such sites are all Microsoft web based systems like SharePoint and CRM. Another example is my bank's site - I can't login into my account if I'm using Opera or Chrome, only IE
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I have that where I am also. Too many in house apps that have not yet been upgraded to work well past IE6.
Sucks...
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well, i use google chrome.
Its way better and way more stabile than firefox
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I tried Chrome at first, too, it was good, but I like my privacy too much, so I killed that big brother again...
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Yeah! I like they way Mozilla respects the privacy!
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I'm choosing FF above Chrome. Mainly because a lot of extensions I'm using are not available for Chrome, but also because unlike with Mozilla, the goal of Google is not to make the web open. They are even releasing stuff that only works with chrome or chrome frame >_>
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Agreed.  I have voted you up, as well as I did with a FF post. It looks like there are too many IE fanatics around.
I am ready for a down-votage.
I will not fight.
Truth will prevail.
Greetings - Jacek
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FF and Chrome are both good. They're my number 1 and 2 respectively. Back in 2001 I thought IE 6 was top dog. But times have moved on. IE 7 was an improvement but still not good enough. I've not tried IE 8 but it doesn't seem much better and some say it's worse than IE 7. Opera is worth a look and is a good innovator but has a few serious usability glitches/bugs and the big boys tend not to pay it much attention when designing their web apps.
Kevin
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chrome lost my vote as soon as I noticed they installed malware (googleupdater) along with it without telling me and without an option for removal.
bad move google.
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The subject says it all. 
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I agree, although I think both are worthy browsers. Chrome now has extensions in the stable version but it would have to replicate my favourite Firefox extensions at least as well in order for it to win my allegiance as number one.
Kevin
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I have switched to chrome as well. Overall, I'm very pleased. I never really liked FireFox except for Firebug (the real killer feature for FireFox). I want a stripped down browser without the extensions, so Chrome suited me well. Not for everyone, but I like it.
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Matt Gullett wrote: I want a stripped down browser without the extensions
Of course, there was nothing to stop you running Firefox without the extensions.
Ironically, a lot of the posts in the Google Chrome forums complain about Chrome's being too stripped down.
Anyway, we're all different. Firefox extensions are the primary selling point for me. Chrome now has extensions so things may change in the future.
Kevin
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You are correct, though Firefox never had the simplistic UI that Chrome has and was never as fast or as memory efficient. As I said, it's not for everyone, I've certainly come across some Chrome posts about it being too bare-bones. I'm working on a custom build of Chrome so I frequent those forums allot. The code is very clean and fairly easy to navigate which is nice.
The chrome extensions are not as powerful as Firefox extensions but they are much easier to program and should have far less issues with extensions behaving badly when combined. Hopefully Firefox can clean up some of the extension messiness with JetPack though I haven't heard great things from fellow developers.
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Matt Gullett wrote: far less issues with extensions behaving badly when combined
Fortunately, I've had few issues with extensions interference, even though I typically have about 25 active at any one time. When I do they're generally easily resolvable. The main drawback is the negative impact on browser start-up time, especially initial start-up time. However, I generally keep Firefox running all day when started so I can live with that. Chrome fans often tout its speed but to be honest I don't see a significant difference when compared to network latency. Given this, I compare on overall features and usability. Right now, for me, Firefox wins. Chrome is good though because its competition forces everyone to improve.
Memory usage sucks but I apply an about:config setting to force Firefox to release memory when minimised to the task bar in Windows. E.g., using 220MB now. Then minimised and maximised again takes me to 120MB. They really ought to apply that setting by default.
One useful feature of Firefox and Chrome is the ability to drag and drop tabs either way between the two.
Kevin
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