Jul 21, 2009

CSS & Troubleshooting IE6

Filed under CSS, Education, Evangelization, Management, Teamwork

On Saturday, July 18, I gave a talk as part of the CSS Summit on CSS & Troubleshooting IE6. Many designers and developers are passionately anti-IE6, while I’m one of those folks who has a soft spot for the browser. So I laid out the case for continuing support for the browser and gave some tips on how best to do that. Most importantly, I tried to reinforce the idea of planning for and managing browser support, especially the phasing out of specific browsers. After all, if you don’t have a plan, you don’t know where you’re going.

You can download the presentation slides as well as read and comment on the use of IE6 hacks over at my personal site.

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