Weebly fields complaints daily from users who ask why one of its sites runs slowly. “‘It’s because you’re running IE6,’ we tell them,” Rusenko said. ” From our perspective, IE6 has to go.”
Rusenko also had an answer ready for critics who contend that many IE6 users can’t switch browsers because they’re locked into the application at work. According to a survey conducted by Digg, for example, three out of every four IE6 users say that they can’t drop the browser due to a workplace or technical reason.
“Even with that, we’re getting support from all kinds of sites that are trying to get users to bring this to the attention of their [corporate] IT department,” said Rusenko. “In IT, IE6 is like a running joke, so maybe this will make it a priority for IT to update their employees’ browser.”
By Gregg Keizer
August 5, 2009 01:06 PM ET
