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[_] ie6update.com - an fake MS message about upgrading your browser...

Mike Karthauser mikek at brightstorm.co.uk
Mon Apr 20 11:49:11 BST 2009

On Mon, April 20, 2009 11:44 am, Tim Beadle wrote:
> 2009/4/20 Keir Moffatt <hello at iamkeir.com>:
>> http://ie6update.com/
>>
>> What do folks make of this?
>
> Very, very bad idea. Yes, we all hate IE6, but most IE6 users are in
> corporations. Many internal systems still require IE6. IT policy is
> keeping IE held back at 6 for this reason, and support staff will be
> pretty pissed off at web sites duping users to (attempt to) upgrade
> (as the actual upgrade will be verboten by policy and permissions) and
> getting support calls as a result.
>
> Just say no, kids.

Werd. i'll drop support for ie6 when ms does.

Rumor is that is EOY 2009.

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