12 Feb
Internet Explorer 6 phase out
Microsoft’s 2001 Internet Explorer 6 is being criticized for having security flaws and outdated technology says Dan Frydman’s Downing Street petition which would also like the browser to be dropped from the UK government.
Though the software is still used by many government department and organisations, a drop for support of the browser has began, the most popular being the Department of Health advising the NHS no longer support it. The NHS computers currently use the IE6 browser and the Department of Health Informatics Directorate believes that they should be upgraded to IE7 as soon as possible.
Since Internet Explorer 6 has been released, Microsoft has launched version 7 and 8 of the browser. Microsoft has issued a statement saying that they will support Internet Explorer 6 until 2014. That being said, IE6 currently has 20% of the browser market compared to IE8’s 22%.
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