[eluser]skunkbad[/eluser]
[quote author="slowgary" date="1247216325"]Hey skunk, I hope you didn't take my comment as a hate crime directed at you. There was no hate involved, and it was actually in response to Mareshal who does not need to worry about IE6 support on his own site, but cannot assume that the rest of the internet is anything like his visitor's stats.
I agree and would love to drop support for IE6, but some sites claim that as much as 25% of internet users are still using it. Fortunately for us this number is declining, but not fast enough and it still stands that some sites need to monitor stats and cater to THEIR users. If you're lucky like Mareshal, you can drop IE6 support.
I still vote that when we can, we should all make the effort to notify IE6 users that their browser is outdated and provide links to FireFox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, take your pick. We should also not spend too much time on the small stuff and just make sure that our sites WORK in IE6, not necessarily to perfection. This is, of course, ultimately up to our clients.
To the argument that "most IE users work at mega corps and have strict IT policies"... would they still be using IE6? I would expect them to be on IE8, which is a MUCH better alternative. If you're at work and stuck on IE6, you shouldn't be browsing the web - get back to work![/quote]
Oh, I wasn't offended. I still design/develop for IE6, and for the same reason you noted; My site, which caters to a special group of users (old ladies), still have a high percentage of IE6 in the stats.
I feel like the thread got hi-jacked a little. Maybe somebody would be kind enough to post a sample php file that serves up css or javascript. I'd do it myself, but I've been up for about 21 hours and need to get to bed.