YouTube will no longer support Internet Explorer 6, TechRadar can confirm, with Google beginning to roll out warnings to those accessing the video site that they should update to a better browser.
A report from TechCrunch highlighted the change, and Google confirmed that it was happening to TechRadar, with a longer comment expected soon.
IE6 is a much maligned program in the modern environment, even sparking a campaign from .net magazine to 'kill' the browser.
Withdrawal
Now it seems that key sites are beginning to withdraw support for IE6, which is still used by many businesses despite its lack of web standards compliance and the availability of much better browsers.
Microsoft is currently pushing its Internet Explorer 8 browser, and with Mozilla's Firefox, Opera, Safari and Google's Chrome all available, there is little excuse left to be using the older software.
"This is excellent news and about time," said .net magazine's Associate Editor Oliver Lindberg.
"The fact that such a high profile site is going to withdraw support for IE6 will send out a signal to many users and businesses still using the old browser and hopefully force them to upgrade.
"Thanks, Google!"
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jake_ie8team
July 15th 2009
6. If you're planning on upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 in order to continue visiting YouTube, be sure to download and install IE 8 from http://www.browserforthebetter.com?ocid=ie8_sm_a
and donate to charity in the process. 8 meals are donated to Feeding America for every complete download and install of IE 8 from http://www.browserforthebetter.com?ocid=ie8_sm_a
- Jake
MSFT Internet Explorer Outreach Team
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gandharva81
July 15th 2009
5. No we can't say about IE but we can only Say that there is problem with IE 6 But to use updated and higher version of Internet Explorer IE 8 which is far better than IE 6.
So, Try to use IE 8 one is the best.
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mrt731
July 14th 2009
4. Why do people even still use internet explorer when there are many better internet browsers available?
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jakechs
July 14th 2009
3. YES! As a web designer who is at this moment researching how to force a feature to work in IE6, this has made my day.
@gero: With such a big name pushing against IE6, it's just a little more pressure to businesses to upgrade so they can make better use of the internet. This can be an example to webmasters, encouraging them to spend more time improving their websites and less time supporting this ancient browser.
Also, most of the websites I personally deal with are typically used from home or at least a personal system. As big as the corporate computer networks are, there shouldn't be nearly as much traffic in comparison to home users.
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gero
July 14th 2009
2. How much difference will it make? A lot of PCs still using IE6 are corporate PCs, and Youtube is probably blocked by the corporate firewall anyway. This is the case in my company.
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calcio
July 14th 2009
1. About fricking time. IE6 is possibly the laziest POS program of all time
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