A few months ago, many organizations and web design companies let go of their emotions and made official statements that they would stop supporting IE6. We of course have also had our share of problems with Internet Explorer 6 because we tried to provide the same level of support across all browsers, and that simply doesn’t make any sense.
Asking Internet Explorer 6 to display websites as well as the Firefox or Safari browser is ridiculous. It’s like trying to make a Ford T be as efficient as a modern car.
You can still “drive” Internet Explorer on modern websites, like you can drive a Ford T in our modern roads, and, for the most part, the internet and most of it’s services will still be accessible to you. What you are missing out on is:
- Speed – if you upgrade from Internet Explorer 6 to any modern browser the websites will become much faster!
- Security – most modern browsers are more secure, allow you to browse anonymously and websites that have secure connections (like your bank’s website) have more detailed information about their respective licenses. In sum, it all adds up to a more secure browsing experience.
- Modern Interface – Do you ever get tired closing pop-up windows? And ridiculous numbers of separate Internet Explorer windows that clutter your desktop? Well, with any modern browser, you get pop-up blockers, and browser tabs, which allow you to have multiple websites open all in the same browser window.
- Better looking Websites – Sometimes our customers ask us why certain websites look better in certain browsers. The answer is simple. When web designers and developers build websites, we do so thinking not of the older versions of them, but of the most recent ones. With Internet Explorer you can’t have translucent PNGs, JavaScript (the technology that makes websites interactive) is much slower and you can’t have CSS3 visual improvements, like shadows or rounded corners (unless we limit your website’s layout, or create horrible markup/code which in turn makes the website even slower)
If you compare those things with the Ford T, you’ll see that the same has happened with the car industry. It’s only natural for companies that build websites to want to make them as lean and efficient as possible, sometimes Internet Explorer prevents that.
Disclaimer: Although some web browsers might make some websites look better, car manufacturers on the other hand are still researching ways for a car to make the roads look nicer 
Navega Bem will always insure that our websites take advantage of the best techniques each website can use. So when we say we’re dropping IE6, we’re not saying that we will stop caring about it and IE6 users. But we are simply going to stop trying to make it perform as well as all the other modern browsers, and let it work as it should and support only what it was made to support.
