The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

Moving the world off Internet Explorer 6

10 years ago a browser was born that changed the world and killed Netscape, its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now its 2011 an era of modern web standards so it’s time to say goodbye.

Most developers have completely written off IE6 and rather than trying to adopt there websites to support the old browser they simply let it fail gracefully.  Ninjalane.com is one of those sites, but is also a site who hasn't fully embraced "all" of the modern standards as an attempt to support the 90%.

It would seem that Miscrosft is trying to get the world to stop using IE6 by launching an IE countdown in hopes that the world will upgrade.  

Other sites are reporting that MS will forceably upgrade computers to the latest version of IE which begs the question, if the user isn't using a genuine version of windows, and has turned off automatic updates, how are they going to get it?  On a similar notes assuming MS is going to ignore the legness of the OS, what is stopping them from installnig a time bomb with the browser to remote disable the system after a certain amount of time?  

Sources
- Microsoft Is Nuking Internet Explorer 6 With Worldwide Automatic Upgrade
- IE 6 deep-sixed in Microsoft browser overhaul
- The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

Either way this should be fun to watch.

Related Web URL: http://www.ie6countdown.com/