Comments on: IE 6 back from the grave

By: budhy

budhy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:06:46 +0000

Hi Mr.Bruce
Is Budhy from Ma Chung University, hope you like your visit in Ma Chung, nice Indonesian opening, saya Bruce, saya orang Inggris, perfectly spelled

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:29:39 +0000

As far as I can tell (no time or bandwidth to check here in Indonesia), IE 6 mobile is IE 6, with some bits of IE 7 and the IE 8 Javascript engine. No mention of the real problem for web developers, which was [lack of] CSS support. Screenshots that a commenter on the IE 6 mobile blog posted of the results of the W3C Web compatibility test for mobiles and Internet Explorer Mobile 6.

By: Rob Stevenson-Leggett

Rob Stevenson-Leggett — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:39:21 +0000

Isn’t that a bit risky? China could view it as an act of war…

By: Tristan Turpin

Tristan Turpin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:33:34 +0000

Hi Bruce, I guess (maybe I’m wrong) you mix-up IE6 and IE mobile for Windows Mobile 6 . This specific version includes bits of IE7 and the javascript engine from IE8.

Of course it’s still gonna be a shitty browser but if (I have not checked to be honest) you’re wrong you should provide an erratum.

See you

By: Henny

Henny — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:30:06 +0000

Unfortunately IE6 is the dominant browser and version in China and people are very much locked into it as e-commerce, banks and so on generally rely on ActiveX.

Using such an old platform is a real kick to the knees for open standards.

Lucky China indeed.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:29:25 +0000

Bugger.