User agent esoterica
For the past 30 days, IE6 visits composed less than 5% of all browser visits to mattbrundage.com, a new low. Because the 5% threshold has now been breached, I’ll take this opportunity to state that, finally, IE6 is no longer a supported browser. Wow, it felt really good to type that! I had been flirting with the idea of dropping support for some time. In fact, it was supposed to be a Christmas gift to myself. But it is finally official.
What are we left with? Managing the quirks of IE7 and IE8 is a walk in the park compared to the frequently illogical rendering behavior of IE6.
Perhaps not coincidentally, Google is phasing out support for the 8 ½-year old browser — with support at YouTube to end just a couple of days before IE9 is announced at MIX10.
List of fun things to do in a post-IE6 world
- start using alpha transparent PNG
- start using CSS2/3 selectors
- start using
inline-block
instead offloat
- start using “px” and “pt” again in font-sizing (perhaps)
- start using
position:fixed
stop addingcellspacing="0"
to tables- stop filling empty table cells with “
“ - More fun things to do