Microsoft joins the rest of us...and counts down to the end of IE6

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Published on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:24:00 GMT Indexed on 2011/03/06 8:10 UTC
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Microsoft launched a website dedicated to the demise of IE6. Here's their pitch...10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say goodbye. We'll watch Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide, so more websites can choose to drop support for Internet Explorer 6, saving hours of work for web developers.

Thanks Microsoft! We've been waiting for this day to come for a long time. Of course, it would have been nice if IE6 was gone 5 years ago...but who's counting.

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