Microsoft to Support IE6 Until 2014

August 17th, 2009 admin

Despite numerous online campaigns calling for the death of IE6, Microsoft has confirmed their commitment to the browser until 8 April 2014. A post on the IEBlog states that upgrades are the responsibility of the user and the company will continue to support the 8 year-old browser: The engineering point of view on IE6 starts as an operating systems supplier.


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