Steve's Blog
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ie6, how long is left?
July 16 2009
Since the news that Apple’s Mobile Me has dropped support for the eight year old ie6 browser, it seems that many more high profile nails have been nailed into its coffin. Both YouTube and Digg have recently announced limited or no support for ie6 users. I personally applaud their leadership in moving sections of the online community forwards for the greater good.
Whether for better or for worse it seems that there is the beginnings of a common sense counter revolution to the sometimes extreme accessibility culture of the present day. This culture encourages us to support an eight year browser which is no longer secure or in any way standards compliant whilst there is a huge amount of easy to instal alternatives. This support accounts for significant developer resources which is in turn in needlessly funded by yourselves, the clients.
The reason for the stubborn late migrations is internal corporate IT policies which are reluctant to make changes to existing infrastructure. From the current activity it seems the developer community is no longer as willing to support and fund the trepidations of the IT industry.
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What makes an iPhone user
July 07 2009
An interesting stat which shows it's not just the quantity but the quality of user which can make a big difference. iPhones have 8% of smart phone market but make 43% of mobile web requests and 65% of HTML usage, busy guys!
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Durham's engagement
July 07 2009
Congratulations to our durham who's back from his holidays as an engaged man to the lovely Jess. I'm sure he doesn't mind us telling the world. The story goes that he had to quickly rethink his dream proposal setting when he found the beach had only been half-built! doh