YouTube to drop Internet Explorer 6 support

According to a screenshot posted on TechCrunch, YouTube looks to be on the verge of dropping Internet Explorer 6 support, forcing users who have not yet updated from the aging browser to update to IE8, Firefox, Opera, Safari or Chrome to keep watching their favorite videos. Digg recently made a similar decision, noting that IE6 users account for 5 percent of all traffic but only 1 percent ... [ read the full article ]

that way younoob can send more adverts your way.

sorry youtube but

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 15. July 2009 @ 11:23

Originally posted by oappi:

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Who really wants to use ie6 or 7 anymore? Most ppl using ie dont care what they are using no matter how unsecure it is. This is clearly googles way to advertise chrome to those users who just dont care until it doesn´t work. Still it would have been nice to see Opera instead of ie since ie8 cannot be downloaded to every windows..

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There are lots of corporate-owned laptops or desktops that have IE6 still installed because it works with the corporate network/websites and the IT departments don't want to update hundreds of thousands of PCs because most don't use Windows Update, they use their own CDs or a special website for security reasons.

Unless I get a decent amount of complaints my business website won't be IE6 compatible.

Also, yes that banner is real! I have IETester installed on my PC and here is the screenshot I took:



It looks like it might take a giant such as Google to help get rid of IE6. :P

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 15. July 2009 @ 19:50