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Help Bring Down IE6!

There is a Great and Much NEEDED campaign taking place in the Web Development world right now. The campaign is simple: Help Us Web Developers Take Down IE6! Being a Web Developer myself, IE6 causes a lot of problems for us all. The Bring Down IE6 website best summarizes the problems that IE6 brings to the table:
The premise is simple: Internet Explorer 6 is antiquated, doesn’t support key web standards, and should be phased out. This isn’t about being anti-Microsoft, it’s about Microsoft’s lack of development in the browser market. With IE7/8 not available for Windows 2000, IE6 accounts for up to 20% of web usage, primarily via business users. Clients pressure designers to ‘force’ sites to work in IE6, and designers, not wanting to lose business, comply, using hacks and workarounds. This wastes time and money. Microsoft needs to fix this, designers need to unite, and we all need to move on.
As you may have already seen, I have placed the logo in the right-hand sidebar to express my feeling about this campaign. Simply go to the website, download the logo, and place it on your website to express your feelings about this campaign. There is even a WP plug-in for those WordPress users out there. This plug-in works GREAT, I am using it myself. So I am urging all Web Designers/Developers to unite and Help Us Take Down IE6! ~ Kyle Reddoch