{"id":388,"date":"2009-08-19T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deathgleaner.wordpress.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2009-08-19T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T21:13:09","slug":"top-ten-reasons-why-internet-explorer-6-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/top-ten-reasons-why-internet-explorer-6-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Reasons why Internet Explorer 6 Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that fact, that IE6 sucks, or do we? Apparently, 15-20% of the online population using Internet Explorer doesn&#8217;t know. So here&#8217;s to the people using the crappy browser:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Crappy page rendering- Internet Explorer 6 was introduced in a time where HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, and CSS were still emerging technologies. They&#8217;ve gotten way better now, but IE6 hasn&#8217;t. Nearly every website I visit with IE6 is messed up in some way.<\/li>\n<li>Slow as a snail- Browsers have gotten undoubtedly faster and Internet Explorer is still crawling along with it&#8217;s slow rendering engine.<\/li>\n<li>Plain interface- The buttons for IE6 look so bland, un-interesting and huge, a far cry from what Firefox, Safari, and IE8 have.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s old and outdated- For computer software, time doesn&#8217;t heal, it destroys, just like what Newton said in his Second Law of Thermodynamics.<\/li>\n<li>No extendability- Firefox, Opera, and IE8 all have extendability features, be it add-ons or widgets. Who&#8217;s ever heard of that in Internet Explorer 6?<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s being ditched as we speak- Right now, over 150 companies are letting go of IE6 by displaying a banner to IE6 users to upgrade, or just denying IE6 users access to their website.<\/li>\n<li>Almost everyone, especially web developers and &#8220;nerds&#8221;, hate it- Speak to anyone out there who knows computers and you&#8217;ll hear them say IE6 sucks one way or another. These people are intelligent and this time, what the public says is true.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of security- Internet Explorer&#8217;s security &#8220;wall&#8221; is like swiss cheese &#8212; tons of holes for spyware, malware, and viruses to get into your system.<\/li>\n<li>Besides #8, there&#8217;s hardly any features- Private browsing, add-ons, security checks, tabs, advanced error console &#8212; all missing.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s better browsers out there- Either Internet Explorer sucks or every other browser is just way better\u2026 or both, and I&#8217;ll bet you a rock could beat Internet Explorer for speed and security.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You all know me, I&#8217;m an Internet Explorer 6 hater. 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