[kdarling]

Same here... lots of applications we wrote at work, are still in use on IE6 laptops.

We cannot upgrade, because then we would not be able to continue to support and expand our apps.

Moreover, we even used IE6 under Windows CE back in 2006 (that's how long it's been available, at least the original mobile IE6 version)... it was terrific to be able to use most IE6 DHTML features on a touch handheld. The application even had flick-scrolling like the iPhone later had.

You can see an old demo of the CE app here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0bhG6d0n9w

(It's a bit boring, because it's a field technician application for a phone company.)

[kdarling]

Same here... lots of applications we wrote at work, are still in use on IE6 laptops.

We cannot upgrade, because then we would not be able to continue to support and expand our apps.

Moreover, we even used IE6 under Windows CE back in 2006 (that's how long it's been available, at least the original mobile IE6 version)... it was terrific to be able to use most IE6 DHTML features on a touch handheld. The application even had flick-scrolling like the iPhone later had.

You can see an old demo of the CE app here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0bhG6d0n9w

(It's a bit boring, because it's a field technician application for a phone company.)

[wesk]

My company laptop has IE6. Since I travel every week I access the Thoughts sites more with my laptop, than with one of my home PC's. The home PC's have a mix of IE7, IE8, Firefox, and Chrome.

Wes

[heliod]

I already use IE7 everywhere, but I still see IE6 at my customers in high scales, and this for two reasons:

- Corporate customers due to corporate lockout as already said in the last comments.

- Small Businesses (which have outsourced IT departments or no IT departments at all), due to the fact that nobody never cared to activate Windows Update there.

[wocket]

At school we are locked in IE6. Thanks to a managed service. Every management meeting I attend I ask the same question. "When are we moving to a more compliant browser" failing that "when are we moving to IE7"

Every other time I use non IE's

[mantra]

Work machine only has ie6 due to IT policy. Sucks though as it screws up other web based apps I use too!

[ptath2]

Like a lot of people it is the corporate standard, but about a month ago I installed IE 7 anyway no one has said anything. I use IE 8 at home.

[emuelle1]

My desktop at work still has IE6. I have no idea why government and corporate IT departments still use IE6, the most insecure and worthless browser ever. Even most of the sites I access on that network don't function correctly with IE6. I finally put Firefox Portable on it. I use IE Tab for anything that refuses to work in Firefox.

[inteller]

Originally Posted by follick

At work, the only authorized browser is IE6. At home I don't use it.

where do you work? I'd like to hack in and exploit your company.


just kidding....but really your company is taking serious risks.

[The Yaz]

Going with the theme of the day; My work computer runs IE6 because the accounting package we operate cannot access an ftp server in any other browser.

[Cold Flame]

At home I am an IE6 user. The honest reason is that I have an illegal copy of XP on my box (even though I have a legal one sitting on a shelf waiting to be installed) and I can't do the upgrade to IE7 due to the Windows Genuine Advantage dealy. Truth be told, I quite like IE6, though now that I've been using IE7 at work for so long I wouldn't mind switching. I also have Chrome installed at home, but rarely use it.

At work we upgraded to IE7 about 8 months ago now, but I was definitely slow to release it to our users. It didn't work well with our old Intranet page and a few other pages that some of our engineers use. All is well now though.