Facebook Ends IE6 Support, Why You Should Too

Facebook announced that it is ending support for Internet Explorer 6. Granted, it is only pulling the plug on IE6 in its chat function, but the move by Facebook is the latest effort to shift away from the outdated browser that refuses to die. Facebook's decision illustrates once again why organizations that still rely on IE6 should consider upgrading (finally).

A Facebook Blog post describes the issue behind the decision "Many of you have told us that sometimes your Chat session comes and goes or even stops completely. We're working hard to end those interruptions so that your experience is stable and consistent."

The blog post goes on to explain "The biggest improvements come from changes that aren't supported on older web browsers. After evaluating the alternatives, we've decided to make rapid improvements and provide the best Chat experience possible, which means we will no longer support Internet Explorer 6 browsers."

I don't expect that compatibility with Facebook Chat will be a compelling reason for IT admins to follow suit and drop the venerable Web browser, but the underlying reasons behind the Facebook decision are worth exploration. The bottom line is that many of the Web technologies used today are simply not supported on a browser that was created almost a decade ago and is two--going on three--generations out of date.

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