techcrunch.com — Judging by this screenshot taken by an IE6 user who was watching some videos on YouTube, it appears the Google company will be phasing out support for the browser shortly. YouTube follows in the footsteps of that other Web 2.0 poster child, Digg, which recently hinted at wanting to cut support for the browser
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sylocatJul 15, 2009
Dropping ie6 support saves every web developer a nice pile of cash.Maybe YouTube will finally start turning a profit.
Closed AccountJul 16, 2009
You shouldn't swear at work.
Closed AccountJul 17, 2009
I like poop falvored ice cream.
brettchatzJul 20, 2009
thanks Youtube! IE sucks so bad. Firefox, ftw!
powerinsideJul 22, 2009
"why couldnt it have happened sooner"
powerinsideJul 22, 2009
IE 6 will crash the moment it tries to render this comment
Closed AccountJul 28, 2009
User Agent Switcher doesn't actually render a page as it would in the "switched" browser; all it does is send to the web server that you are using a different browser to the one which you actually are using.In the situation that you described in your comment, Digg obviously sent out simpler HTML/CSS for what it thought was an IE6 browser.Oh and also, PNG should ALWAYS be used for screenshots, NEVER JPEG. Bravo for making the right choice.