Should we bother about IE < 8?

Question

It might look like philosophical question, however it really bother me. We\'re expecting HTML 5, we\'re using JS, Ajax, Flex, all this stuff, but when older browsers were develo

Answer 1

Your English is much better than any other language I try to speak. (good post!)

It depends on who your users are. I've worked in America for the government and for large companies, and both are still using IE6. They've probably got another year or two left on it; IE6 will last as long as Windows XP does in those environments.

If I were targeting people at any other businesses or at home, I'd ignore IE6, and follow Google/Youtube's example of telling users with IE6 that they may have a less-good experience.

In other words; if the customers you're aiming for want IE6, give them IE6. If they don't, forget IE6, but absolutely support IE7/8 and Firefox 3.x.