Microsoft is Finally Killing IE6

[paulph12002]

It's about time Microsoft did this, IE6 badly needs to be killed off. It was good in its day but it's time to retire it now.

[windowspczone]

I can't imagine the majority of people who are still on IE6, know what is a Web Browser! They won't know that what they are using it massively outdated.

[danielthechskid]

Can they still force it if the computer has automatic updates turned off? I know of some XP machines that don't have SP3 because of this.

[SpeedyGoneFroglegs]

"Under Microsoft's new policy, users who don't want to update their browser can still opt out, but they'll have to make an active decision to do so by running a special toolkit available through Windows. Anyone who has previously been offered a browser upgrade by Microsoft and explicitly refused it will also be exempt from the new updating regime."

infopackets(dot)com/news/busin­ess/microsoft/2011/20111219_mi­crosoft_to_force_new_internet_­explorer_on_users.htm

[mikejmckeon]

Aww man I've been having this debate with my all things technology are pointless dad for about a year now!! Never thought i'd say this, but actually, thank you Microsoft!

[Telstar85]

Come on, version++; doesn't make any software "better". I taught my friends to go for a browser, which is backwards compatible with their OS and active in dev. No need to i++; all hardware, software, powercords and fuses just to get a holy browser running.

[strykerzr350]

Google Chrome is 99% awesome if they had the drop down list of recently typed URLs, I would go back to it. I hate the fact that I have to start typing before URLs show up. They need to fix that.

[2SeeriusMusic]

I say force a free windows 7 download for vista

[TheShane132]

as soon as i get a new comp i delete ie6 and then i instantly download google chrome

[Deliciousfruit233]

lol people still use IE6? I don't think I've used IE6 since 5th grade. :P

[TheSarmadiqbal]

Come on chris You have used maxthon. Ilike it most and also i think its better than chrome

[TheSarmadiqbal]

maxthon!!!!!!

[popdodle]

netscape...user. 

[gameking008]

i still have ie6 since upgrading to ie7 is a waste of time and disk space. you cannot remove ie6 easily from what i know.

[goldAUsilverAG]

Chris, I'm slashing my wrists for ya right now.

[EmulatorWizard]

@goldAUsilverAG NOOOOOOO!!!!! I've always loved you!!!!!!!

[Bakari8886]

Will Microsoft for an upgrade if you use IE8?

I happen to prefer IE8 over IE9

I just love the way you download things in IE8, I may be alone but I doubt it

[dayuhl2u]

Yay

[glyakk]

For all the bickering people do about IE6, It was the first browser to implement CSS 'properly' It was then soon matched and then bypassed by other browsers, but IE6 blazed the trail for web standards. The problem is they got complacent and didn't progress further for almost ten years! I am a huge fan of IE9, even though I don't use. Im just saying, lets just give it a proper burial and not treat it like the red-headed step child of internet browsers that wont go away.

[thevide0kings]

internet explorer sucks soo bad get chrome

[ynkno13]

When I was 6, I loved IE 6 because I thought it formatted websites the best.

[MattNow14]

1:56, Yeah Oh. I Like that!

[computer120100]

i like ie6 and ie9

[ThePencil901]

ha! now the school computers have to switch

[MattNow14]

1 Computer stilll has IE6.

[linfan854]

I still have IE 6,but I have a 4 GB hard drive and its almost used up,I cant update,I just installed Firefox and called it a day

[pcgod8]

IE 9 is not available for Windows XP. So even if you wanted to use it, you couldn't. Unless you upgraded to Vista or 7. The most you can get is IE 8.

The only good thing about IE 6 was the UI. It was more customizable, potentially cleaner (depending on your configuration) but the rendering was horrible. IE 7 was a little better, but not much. IE 8, about the same. Then IE 9... the best version of IE they've ever released. I can actually respect someones decision to use IE now.

[TechWesley1]

half of the computers in my school have ie6

[lolDancube]

FUAAAAAAADAA

[BloodStone20]

damn it... im using internet explorer and my YouTube was buffering and it stopped at 0:46

[geunsjl]

Can't they jus shut down IE? Lika all of them?

[LeRonaldRager]

link to the study please?

[bluemonkey519]

I loved IE6 back in the day, but have been using Firefox for several years now...

[PeterJohn411]

I do know people who still use 10 year old computers. They can't even run more recent versions of Windows, much less recent versions of any Windows software.

[Deliciousfruit233]

@PeterJohn411 That's no excuse for running IE6. Those 10 year old computers can still run the latest version of Firefox as long as they're running Windows 2000.

[PeterJohn411]

I miss my original early 1990s Netscape Interface.

[Zerocool818]

im keeping my ie6 im gonna be last in the world even though i dont use it i use firefox

[twitchd8]

I introduced one of my coworkers to Google Chrome, and they instantly LOVED IT!!!! She raves on and on to me every time I work with her!!

[MrSkinnyBill]

The internet itself killed IE6 about 5 years ago

[thedarkone2134]

"Should you be forced to upgrade your web browser?"

Yes.

[Wolfy9247]

I think that someone with /any/ version of IE should upgrade to another browser :P

[bradto36]

I am glad Microsoft is forcing upgrades from IE 6 to a later version of IE. As for myself, I have just switched from Firefox to Google Chrome. It seems to update faster than Firefox on my laptop.

[madflyer1093]

IE is the best browser....for downloading other browsers.

[miguel031795]

why can I not uninstall internet explorer from my computer

[twitchd8]

@miguel031795 I keep IE on my computer in that off chance that I get a game that somehow requires IE... not very usual... also, some sites (like my dang school's webadvisor site) requires Internet Explorer, and will not work on chrome or firefox... to circumvent that, I installed IE Tab on Google Chrome, and it works just fine!! it emulates your Internet Explorer in a new tab of Chrome... I absolutely love it!! but if I remember right, it won't work if you don't have IE Installed... :S

[miguel031795]

IE 9 is slow to open and to you use google chrome best browser ever

[Scipiz0a]

heyhow do you do that barcode thing in your vids?

[twitchd8]

@Scipiz0a If you have a smartphone with a camera, go download what's called a QR Code Scanner from your marketplace... most, if not all, of them are free... then just go into the qr code scanner, hold your camera pointing to the QR code in the video, and there you go! I believe it's just a link code, but other codes can show you a message, or link to youtube videos, or facebook/(insert social site here) profiles.

[pwookie]

Marshmallows are edible web browsers arent)

[TheDoobiesnatcher]

At last I still have to use it some times at a local community centre I have asked several times to upgrade to IE8 but it costs them to get the IT person in to come and upgrade, I even tried it myself but I didn't have administrator privileges. The main point is that it doesn't work any more it doesn't display Flash video properly and crashes all the time, long over due if you ask me. I still know people who haven't got used to tabbed browsing!

[kawaiifreak860]

@TheDoobiesnatcher

I.E. 7/8/9

Are far from upgrades to 6.

I'd install Chrome, Firefox, or another well built browser that isn't pure shit.

[TheDoobiesnatcher]

@kawaiifreak860 Yeah I tried Firefox also no Administrator privileges unfortunately, The computers are pretty old but I think if the put an up to date browser on it they would work a hell of a lot better than they are now,

[kawaiifreak860]

@TheDoobiesnatcher

I see.

How old tho? XD

[TheDoobiesnatcher]

@kawaiifreak860 The computers are probably 7 or 8 years old running XP some of them have old CRT monitors. I have an old PC around the same age that I use to test stuff out I've got Firefox on it and for web surfing it's fine just slows down when I use more than a couple of programs at the same time. They will have to update them otherwise nobody will be able to get online at all which is good even if it is only IE8 it still better than IE6.

[masticina]

In IE6.0 case... YES

[nuwaus]

what is the QR code for?

[sonicfan23]

ew IE6

[GeneralRoshambo]

I actually have had friends ask me how much Firefox/Chrome costs. Thought that was just me.

[Othelie]

I just updated the web browser at my parents, when they complained I just told them though luck. My dad actually uses chrome now.

[skoobdaer]

I thought IE 6 was already dead

[faizanjoyia]

i hate IE6 is the worst bronzer google chrome and safari are the best

[pkerry12]

@purpleavenstar many massive companies have made the upgrade to 7

[pkerry12]

Bout time!!

[GunShip03]

As someone who used to work tech support I agree with your statement. The average user doesn't no what a web browser is. I'd ask them to open a web browser and they would ask whats that?

[TheRanblingjohnny]

Unfortunately enough idiots wrote intranet apps on top of that crap that iE6 will live on for another decade or two!

[Supralobe]

Can you install IE9 on XP yet?

[Supralobe]

Hopefully they will kill IE7 soon too or better yet, switch to webkit or gecko.

[felixbrignoni]

Microsoft should just give internet explorer a new name because the name of there web browser has a bad rap.

[mastersirus1985]

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FUTURE-Microsoft is forcing users to Update to Windows 7 or 8-Warning to XP Users

[bharatkumargupta]

@mastersirus1985 hahahah

[purpleravenstar]

@mastersirus1985 Good luck making corporate users switch from XP to 7. Will break some applications like SAP's R/3.

[kylepolansky]

What about Windows 98 users...

[mastersirus1985]

Will my Work Computer Autoupdate? it's connected to a company server

[itsDoubleAA10]

Google Chrome FTW

[rtownz251251]

Lmao ie6 is the best ie that microsoft has had in terms of easy to use layout. Sure ie9 looks fancy but the "full screen" layout sucks! The tabs are next to the adress bar and stuff. I like firefox or chrome better anyways because it doesn't crash as much which I also think is something quite stupid. Microsoft developed their own browser on their own system but it works way worse than most 3rd party browsers....

[fruitcoulis]

@rtownz251251 kinda makes me think what would happen if a third party was developing windows

[CaidusPvP]

They should just kill Internet Explorer all together..

[butters757]

@CaidusPvP To be fair, the most recent version of IE isn't that bad. It still has a long way to go, but it's getting up to par with Chrome and Firefox.

[applelive4]

April 8, 2014 the day IE 6 is killed by Microsoft (no longer supported at all)

[cart2334]

my school just upgraded to ie7 and to win xp from 2000 i know i don't get it either

[wastefuldragon]

IE sucks no matter what version it is Firefox and Opera will always b better :)

[applelive4]

@wastefuldragon IE 9 is a huge improvement over 6, but Opera and others are still better

[braidenis]

In my make-believe fantasy land, Microsoft forces upgrades to Linux

[danielgartin6993]

If only Apple would force an upgrade to iOS 5

[ziggieice]

They can't force me to update shit

[danielgartin6993]

jcrowley1985 i know dude

[MonkeyManWill]

1 person has IE 6 still

[CariagaXIII]

@MonkeyManWill lets kill em

[stevek1993]

Oh thank fucking god for this, my collage is still using ie6 an wont allow anything else.

[applelive4]

@stevek1993 Yuck, has to be a pain and it is slow and has over 20 public security holes in it

[KiraNishikawa]

kinda sucks I guess for those who enjoy computing on time period specific old hardware, and software on occasion.

[try0003]

Finally ! It was already outdated when I learned xhtml back in 2004 x_x

[immadametal]

Good, this forced upgrade should have been required when IE 8 came out. I don't believe I know anyone who still uses it. All my family members that don't trust GC or FF all have IE 9 from my own maintenance of their computers, and all my friends either have either GC or FF because I don't allow them to be stupid... well I think one or two use Opera, but I can excuse them for that.

[SuperMuddiger]

on firefox looks to see what version ei i had remembering only having updated to 8 but not 9 oh yep its on 9 goodie

[RobbVids]

I don't think you have to be more than the average user to dislike forced upgrades. I think the notion that Microsoft isn't giving you a choice in the matter is enough to make anyone dislike it.

[jacobbubble2]

Looks like China is going to blow up

[Mastersun88]

Yeah I told my dad that and he said no I love IE6 I don't think I want to mess up my computer. I told him well dad guess what Google chrome is much better and faster. hell I tried to tell him why don't you try a mac and he freaked out telling me to keep the computer stuff to myself.

[jcrowley1985]

Who still uses any version of IE? I thought is was all about Firefox or Chrome these days.

[KOLTON545]

all the computers at my school uses IE6

[sonic3243]

IE7+ are very good browsers, at least now it is, people just don't give it a chance since bad experiences with IE6.

[thetechman000]

finally my retarted school never updates any computers a few are still on windows 98

[SuperMuddiger]

@thetechman000 you are still screwed he said xp to w8 98 was before xp (98 was made in may of 1998 xp was made in 2001)

[assassin801]

dislike troll? o.O

[samdf96]

Great videos, keep it up :)

[tcpnet]

FAIL!!!!!!! I mean @ Microsoft ...

[RoyalWero]

sup