Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is no longer with us, having been read its final rights and laid to rest last night in a solemn funeral ceremony arranged by the Denver Company Aten Design Group.
The web browser seemed so young at 8 years of age, but you have to remember that time travels at the speed of light on the net, so really, this web browser was well past its prime.
The parent (Microsoft) of this web browser was unable to personally attend its offspring’s funeral but sent a bouquet of flowers along with a card that read:
Thanks for the good times IE6, see you all @ MIX when we show a little piece of IE Heaven.
The Internet Explorer Team @ Microsoft
Apparent cause of death was a “a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc.” which does sound like a contract hit was planned on IE6. Of course, the death of this old browser could be attributed to Google phasing out support with YouTube confirming that March 13th is the drop date for IE6.
What’s really sad though is that despite the funeral arrangements and the demise of IE6, it’s still going to be around for a while as there are many enterprise clients that rely on this archaic browser when more modern alternatives are available.
Via: Tech Crunch, ZDNet
