As you may or may not know this site was originally started to persuade web developers to quit supporting IE6. I had written a script that checks the browser and if it was IE6, it was to send the user to GetANewBrowser.com (here) where they would be provided links to download Firefox or Opera. Apparently we jumped the gun but two years later it may be time.

If you are alive and reading this you probably got the jist of Apple’s announcements yesterday. One of the solutions launched is MobileMe, Apple’s .Mac replacement service. I won’t bore you with the details anymore, but I just wanted to let you know: Apple is not supporting IE6 for their web applications for MobileMe.

To use the new web applications, make sure you have one of these browsers: Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7, or Firefox 2 or later.

Scott couldn’t have put it better in his post:

And I’m hoping it’s the beginning of a trend. IE 6 is definitely the most painful browser for us to support – it’s seven years old and doesn’t even fully support the CSS 1.0 standard created in 1996. Microsoft’s done an incredibly poor job of getting users to upgrade. It looks like it’s going to take pressure from big apps like MobileMe to seal the deal.

Down with IE6!

via 37Signals - Apple’s MobileMe drops support for IE6

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