2009, the year we drop IE6?

5 Jan 2009 | Jon Hobbs-Smith
Fact: IE6 is a pain in the ass.


Speak to any web developer and they'll tell you the same. IE6 has more problems than I've got time to mention, but here are just a few examples.


  • It's got loads of rendering bugs, including the peekaboo and guillotine bugs.

  • PNG transparency isn't supported.

  • position:fixed isn't supported.

  • The box model calculates widths and heights of elements incorrectly.

  • min/max-width/height aren't supported.



IE6 has also been getting a lot of bad press recently...
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