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AlunD
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13 July 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps/#Internet_ExplorerHowever I know that MS are doing extended support for it beyond that date for very large customers 
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm
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It's nice that you can do that. The problem comes when one's customers are still using IE6 and they start complaining, or worse: start looking elsewhere for a compatible product...
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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That site is really good! Just submitted my site so I can see what it looks like under Windows 
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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Have they addressed any of the bugs? Have they addressed it’s inability to render standards compliant HTML? Does it fully support the DOM model? How about transparency in 24-bit PNGs without using hacks? I think the answer is a resounding “no”. In short, this browser has not been fixed. It has not had any revisions since 2004 apart from various “fixes” to get it to run on more modern OSes. It’s bloody ancient.
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AlunD
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The browser has NEVER been fixed but that's not the point support is still available for it.
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big_D
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What was the big hoo-haa last year then? There was something about end of life for IE6 and a large portion of the web community was partying... 
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big_D
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They fix security bugs. Rendering to what Microsoft though HTML and CSS should be isn't a security issue...
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AlunD
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It was the announcement of the end date . And yes I was partying but then I started asking around .......... 
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paulzolo
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Microsoft put IE7 into forced upgrades a long while back. YouTube are nudging people away from IE6. Looks like 13 July 2010 could be the EOL date. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesup ... t_Explorerhttp://www.falsepositives.com/index.php ... eathwatch/
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
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I tried to install Windows 98 on my main PC recently... (I was bored!) and it wouldn't install. Windows 9x doesn't like having more than 1GB of RAM, so good luck getting 95 to work on... I nearly said anything modern, but let's just say anything. Full stop   _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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One big problem is finding drivers for modern network cards. You might be able to live with 16 colour VGA graphics and no sound, but a lack of network connectivity really sucks. If I really needed '98 I'd try and virtualise it. Unfortunately, the only software I have that might prefer '95 talks to some hardware by directly accessing the parallel port, which isn't even there on most modern machine. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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