How to Deal with Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6)
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“Completely ignoring a browser in terms of CSS is a wonderfully freeing thing. It certainly can’t be done on every site. The important thing to remember is that it’s a site’s statistics that should determine what level of support you decide to offer.”
From Simple Bits. Includes some examples using conditional statements to isolate IE6 web browsers without affecting the ability of everyone else to see your site as you intend. His link to the Rissington Podcast solution is priceless: basically use conditional statements to insult IE6 users. While not business-friendly, it is amusing given how many productive hours designers and coders have wasted tweaking their CSS designs to work with that browser.
Currently IE6 is the browser web designers and coders love to hate. I was surprised recently to see that less than 40% of visitors to this site use any version of Internet Explorer (over 50% use Firefox, yeah!). Truly the browser wars are over. In the meantime, some clients have visitors who insist on using IE6 and this item provides a few links to using conditional statements.
Also, last year, I blogged an item, How to Target CSS Styles to Internet Explorer 6 and IE7, which has additional links on the subject. Using Internet Explorer Conditional Comments (the Microsoft page here) is the canonical way to target and deal with IE6, IE7, and other Internet Explorer web browsers.
If you need to see how your web page appears in IE6, I wrote another post, View Your Web Pages in Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer Browsers, that explores different options, at least one of them free, Adobe’s Browserlab.
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