Along with a long list of companies, Google will soon begin phasing out support for the infamous Internet Explorer 6, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites.
There is no question why IE6 must die for the Web to move on. And if you are still having doubts, here are some more reasons for you.
IE6 was designed and built for the Internet in 2001 — that’s almost a decade old! In Webage, 10 years is an eternity. Heck, Facebook or Twitter didn’t even exist then.
Simply put, there are at least 142 known vulnerabilities in IE6, 22 of which are not yet patched. And yet as of January 2010, 1 out of every 5 Internet users (20.07%) still use IE6 to surf the Web. Strangely alarming, isn’t it?
I guess maybe people don’t really care about their online privacy and/or security as much as they think they do.
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