Topic: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13

[Rik]

El Reg reports that:

Google will remove IE6-support from YouTube on March 13, according to a web post from the company.

In a post to the YouTube help pages, the Mountain View Chocolate Factory indicates that when visiting YouTube, netizens using an "old web browser" are now seeing an interstitial warning that they will soon have to upgrade if they want to take advantage of new features on the site..

"On March 13, we are dropping support for your browser. You'll still be able to watch videos after that date, but new features may not work properly," the screen reads, before pointing users to the latest versions of the five major browsers: Google Chrome 4, Opera 10, Internet Explorer 8, Safari 4, and Firefox 3.6.

[Simon]

That might please some businesses still using IE6.

[Rik]

Indeed - their bandwidth requirements will drop like a stone.

[Clive]

I wonder which version of IE lies under the bonnet of Avant?   

[Rik]

3?

[Clive]

I doubt it's that advanced Rik!   

[Rik]

Maybe it's based on Netscape.

[Simon]

[Clive]

That's Firefox.  No ... really!   

[Simon]

I know!  That's why it's good! 

[chorleydave]

Don't know how many are aware of this, but the Avant people make a version for Firefox.

http://www.orcabrowser.com/

[Simon]

Bet that's a killer.

[chorleydave]

Bet that's a killer.

 

[Clive]

Those guys at Avant are the DB's.  Thanks a million Dave!   

[Simon]