[Forum] IE6 users

[ampersand]

They have problems, site locks up their browser or something. Had some reports of that and it sucks.

[SuperGLS]

There's about 208 threads about this same subject. Ask them to update to IE7/8/FF/etc. IE6 doesn't comply with current web standards.

[Grae]

They have problems, site locks up their browser or something. Had some reports of that and it sucks.

Your problem is the result of an optional decision Vbulletin made during development, and your frustration is shared by many. I agree that people should update their browser, but I also think websites should by default be viewable by everyone; that is the point right?

[Trevor Hannant]

There are a number of IE6 fixes coming in the forthcoming maintenance releases

[djnoz]

I am very much in favour of the VB team NOT supporting IE6. That browser needs to die if the web is going to move forward. Several high profile websites (e.g. Facebook) have withdrawn support for IE6, would be nice to see vbulletin doing the same thing! I am sure that VB4 will be around a lot longer than IE6!

[vivamexico55]

I am very much in favour of the VB team NOT supporting IE6. That browser needs to die if the web is going to move forward. Several high profile websites (e.g. Facebook) have withdrawn support for IE6, would be nice to see vbulletin doing the same thing! I am sure that VB4 will be around a lot longer than IE6!

I see your point, but most vbulletin customers aren't Facebook , and they need that extra 10% of users who are sticking to this browser. Besides, developers have agreed to make improvements to it, so I think the discussion is pretty much done. If we all held to standards, this wouldn't be an issue.

Personally I don't care, I use the newest Opera =) ... which is not very well supported by vb4 -_-

[Grae]

There are a number of IE6 fixes coming in the forthcoming maintenance releases

I'm looking forward to future upgrades. I don't think full compatibility is expected, just readability. Hopefully the overall percentage of ie6 users continues to drop.

Perhaps a setting could be added that would allow you to set default style types (standard, old browser, mobile). The browser could optionally detect and redirect if needed.