Comments on: JavaScript Debugging Techniques in IE 6

By: Smita

Smita — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:09:09 +0000

hi,
I m nt able to get popup which says “Do u want to debug now?”

By: John

John — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:24:11 +0000

“Coding for IE6 is like coding for Windows 2000.”

Tell that to our corporate clients who are still using IE6 and there Tech guys refuse or will not allow them to upgrade, thats the major problem with IE6, your average home user has probably upgraded many moons ago, but its when you do work for large companies or organisations you tend to find they still use IE6 and there Tech guys have no plans in the not so distant future to upgrade there browsers.

Tech guys pull your fingers out and upgrade

By: Mike Palmer

Mike Palmer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:08:21 +0000

I agree with Jacob, people who don’t develop web applications for a living are free to utter the “Just stop supporting IE6″ battle-cry, while the rest of us poor souls who have paying clients have to conform to specs like “support IE6″ or “I want a flashing ticker”.

Let’s face reality and continue to support IE6 (here in Asia, you’re looking at up to 50% of traffic still using IE6!) whilst pushing standards. Also, with the uptake of Windows 7, the time line for IE6 to become obsolete is getting shorter.

By: LepeKaname

LepeKaname — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:52:38 +0000

I think as developers we have the power to turn off IE$. If we can set a “basic” layout/design for IE and advanced one for the rest, we cab do the trick. For example: Just add a button to switch to “advanced” mode and alert IE users that for them, could be buggy, and suggest to use any other browser instead. That way, IE users will still have functionality but with less features.

I don’t want to keep spending hours Hacking my codes to pleasure IE browsers that care very little about standards.

By: timekeeping software

timekeeping software — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:01:09 +0000

How is this relevant when IE6 has minimum market share which will only getting worse? Forget the IE6 users.

By: Vincent Voyer

Vincent Voyer — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:09:44 +0000

alert(’download firefox’); is enough for me

By: slajax

slajax — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:29:28 +0000

Unfortunately, due to the amount of XP systems sold, the distance between upgrades and the resistance to the vista upgrade paths, I think we’ll still be seeing quiet a bit of IE6 for the next few years. At least until IE8 ships as a windows update patch.

By: Jacob Gube

Jacob Gube — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:39:20 +0000

@Ryan Kearney: Me personally? I have worked in building distance-learning education for some governmental agencies. Many of their computers are still ME/XP with IE6. They are the primary audience, and thus, distance-learning courseware must be IE6 compliant.

Same goes for corporate training sites. Many users, who use computers issued to them by the company, still have IE6 / XP. I’m not going to reveal specifics, but I know of at least one major multinational company who still has Windows 2000 + IE6 for most of their corporate executives.

By: Ryan Kearney

Ryan Kearney — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:10:02 +0000

@Jacob Gube
I understand that, but why would you support users that are 2 versions behind with a web browser?
I’m an application developer, and I don’t support Windows 2000 anymore.

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:06:50 +0000

Good article.
Lots of companies are ditching Firefox in favor of IE lately. It surely helps having these debugging techniques.

Good job.