Fun Friday: Microsoft sends flowers to the IE6 funeral
Yesterday, the “IE6 funeral” took place in Denver. This is what appeared on the funeral site:
Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California, as a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc. Internet Explorer Six, known to friends and family as “IE6,” is survived by son Internet Explorer Seven, and grand-daughter Internet Explorer Eight.
Those mourning the Web browser, but unable to attend, were asked to send flowers. So, Microsoft sent a big bouquet!
In the photo above, a funeral guest is showing off the card that arrived with Microsoft’s bouquet. Microsoft confirmed the test and also that it sent the flowers (according to SeattlePI.com.)
The card reads:
Thanks for the good times IE6, see you all @ MIX when we show a little piece of IE Heaven.
The Internet Explorer Team @ Microsoft
Internet Explorer 8 has been in existence for over 8 years and Microsoft plans to continue support until 2014, but many in the tech world are happily ready to move on and ‘kill’ IE6 – especially with all the problems and bugs it has caused users.
Still using IE6? Please, either upgrade or I recommend switching to Firefox or Chrome!
What’s your browser of choice? Would love your feedback, leave me a comment below!
Written by: Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Inman News
Carson Matthews | Mar 6, 2010 | Reply
Lovin’ some Firefox!!
Eric Robbins | Mar 6, 2010 | Reply
Too bad it’s only a symbolic funeral. IE6 is especially a pain for real estate web site developers who have to spend extra time and money supporting this version. 10% of consumers use IE6, but I suspect the figure is much higher among real estate agents.
Is Microsoft going to end its support for IE6 anytime soon? Seems the funeral was too early – the patient is down but not out.
Byron | Mar 6, 2010 | Reply
I am a big fan of Firefox. I believe that it has less problems than the other browsers. It also has a lot of plug ins. You have to add extra code for some videos to show up correctly in IE and it is a headache.
R.I.P. IE6
Gabe Sanders | Mar 7, 2010 | Reply
Unfortunately I still have to use IE for MLS and a few other apps, but I’ve been using Firefox for everything I can. I just saw that Comodo has released a browser based on Chrome. I may be checking that out soon.
Katie Lance | Mar 8, 2010 | Reply
Thanks everyone for your comments!
Michael Sosnowski | Mar 8, 2010 | Reply
We use FireFox all the time as our primary browser. However, if you do your web page design in FF, it is a real pain to always get it to render properly. IE is much more forgiving in this regard. Have not tried chrome yet.