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Google drops support for IE6 – RIP

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Google has given its verdict! From March 1st, all google products will drop the support of IE6.. This could also because of the Google – China attack (we’re guessing) – It seems that the Chinese hackers infiltrated the Google accounts using the IE6 vulnerability.

The company has recommended that users upgrade immediately to other browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 +, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 +, Google Chrome 4.0 + or Safari 3.0, an update that would be required because of insecurity manifests itself in IE6 and lack of standards support concerned with web developers.

According to Google, “the Web has advanced enormously in the last ten years from simple text pages to interactive applications that unfortunately older browsers cannot run effectively.

Here is a funny IE6 Parody image :)…
IE 6 parody

Thus Google is added to the initiative taken by other companies, banish old browser versions. The company has opted for Google Docs and Google Sites are not supported in IE6 and another in the other, from long-standing standard browser, movement that will become effective on 1 March 2010.