PC Pals Forum

Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: Rik on February 24, 2010, 10:50

Title: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Rik on February 24, 2010, 10:50

El Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/23/google_to_end_you_tube_ie6_support/) reports that:

Quote

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.

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Simon on February 24, 2010, 10:53

That might please some businesses still using IE6.

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Rik on February 24, 2010, 10:54

Indeed - their bandwidth requirements will drop like a stone. ;D

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Clive on February 24, 2010, 16:49

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

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Rik on February 24, 2010, 16:50

3? ;)

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Clive on February 24, 2010, 17:00

I doubt it's that advanced Rik!   :laugh:

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Rik on February 24, 2010, 17:05

Maybe it's based on Netscape. ;D

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Simon on February 24, 2010, 17:06

:haha:

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Clive on February 24, 2010, 17:17

That's Firefox.  No ... really!   8-)

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Simon on February 24, 2010, 18:01

I know!  That's why it's good!  ;)

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: chorleydave on February 24, 2010, 19:11

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

http://www.orcabrowser.com/

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Simon on February 24, 2010, 19:41

Bet that's a killer.

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: chorleydave on February 24, 2010, 21:48

Quote from: Simon on February 24, 2010, 19:41

Bet that's a killer.

 :smartarse: :groan:

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Clive on February 24, 2010, 22:58

Those guys at Avant are the DB's.  Thanks a million Dave!   8-)

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Simon on February 24, 2010, 23:34

Quote from: chorleydave on February 24, 2010, 21:48

:smartarse: :groan:

:ithank:

Title: Re: YouTube to drop support for IE6 on March 13
Post by: Rik on February 25, 2010, 08:42

Now go and write 100 lines...  ;)