Google pushing IE7 to rid the web plague that is IE6

Mon, Mar 2nd, 2009

Internet Explorer 6, the old version of Microsoft’s web browser, is the bane of many a web developer’s existence. I should know, I used to be one.

IE6 is extremely slow, doesn’t comply with many web standards, and therefore requires around double the amount of work. How bad is it? So bad that Google, one of Microsoft’s chief rivals, is even willing to recommend another Microsoft browser, the newer Internet Explorer 7, rather than its own in an attempt to phase out the old version.

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