Internet Explorer 6 must be feeling a bit unwanted these days. Microsoft just issued a patch that clearly offers users the option to set a different browser as their default. Also, Google's social network Orkut is phasing out support for IE6, one more nail in the coffin of the 8-year-old version of the browser that developers pretty much hate.
Google's social network Orkut reportedly plans to phase out support for Internet Explorer 6, igniting a long-simmering debate over continued use of the 8-year-old version of the browser. The current version is IE8.
Microsoft intends to maintain support for IE6 in conjunction with its support for Windows XP -- the OS that originally delivered it. Extended support for XP is scheduled to end in 2014.
"As engineers, we want people to upgrade to the latest version," wrote Microsoft IE8 product manager Dean Hachamovitch in a recent IE blog post. "We make it as easy as possible for them to upgrade. Ultimately, the choice to upgrade belongs to the person responsible for the PC."
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