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On August 27, 2001, almost exactly 7 years ago, Microsoft unleashed Internet Explore 6 upon the world. Despite version 7 having been out now for almost two years, and version 8 already in public beta, usage of the 2001 release remains strong. W3Counter reports that it is still the most popular browser in the world at 34.6% of all visits, while TheCounter.com has it second to IE7, but only barely and still commanding a whopping 36% market share.
在将近7年前的2001年8月27日，微软向全球发布了Internet Explore 6。 尽管版本7已经发布了将近两年，并且版本8已经公开发布，但2001版的使用仍然很强劲。 W3Counter报告说，它仍然是世界上最受欢迎的浏览器，占总访问量的34.6％，而TheCounter.com仅次于IE7，但仅勉强获得了36％的市场份额。
Because so many people still use the older version of Internet Explorer, many web sites have made the choice to continue supporting it (including SitePoint — where about 12% of our visitors still come to us using IE6). But is it perhaps time to ditch IE6 support and start forcing people to upgrade?
由于仍然有许多人使用旧版本的Internet Explorer，因此许多网站都选择继续支持它(包括SitePoint，其中约12％的访问者仍使用IE6来找我们)。 但是也许是时候放弃IE6支持并开始强迫人们进行升级了吗？
Web application developer 37signals made the decision to drop IE6 support in July (actual support for Microsoft’s last generation browser ceased on August 15). “IE 6 can’t provide the same web experience that modern browsers can,” wrote 37signals of the decision. “Continued support of IE 6 means that we can’t optimize our interfaces or provide an enhanced customer experience in our apps. Supporting IE 6 means slower progress, less progress, and, in some places, no progress.”
Web应用程序开发人员37signals决定在7月份放弃对IE6的支持 (对Microsoft上一代浏览器的实际支持在8月15日停止)。 37signals写道：“ IE 6无法提供现代浏览器所能提供的相同的Web体验。” “对IE 6的持续支持意味着我们无法优化界面，也无法在应用程序中提供增强的客户体验。 支持IE 6意味着进度变慢，进度变慢，并且在某些地方没有进度。”
According to 37signals, supporting IE6 was holding them back. And 37signals isn’t alone in their dislike of IE6. In 2006, a few months before Microsoft released their last major browser, PC World magazine ranked Internet Explorer 6 as the 8th worst tech product of all time, citing its terrible track record when it comes to security.
根据37signals的说法，支持IE6阻止了他们。 37signals并不是唯一讨厌IE6的人。 2006年，即微软发布其最后一个主要浏览器的前几个月，《 PC World》将Internet Explorer 6列为有史以来第八大最差的技术产品 ，理由是它在安全性方面的糟糕记录。
Security is such a big issue for IE6, that one blogger recently reported that 95% of all bots accessing his site use Internet Explorer 6 as their user-agent. “Most blog spam comes from bots that either fake or, as a trojan, use Internet Explorer 6 of infected systems,” he wrote, ultimately deciding to block IE6 completely to alleviate the blog spam problem.
安全性对于IE6来说是一个很大的问题， 一位博客作者最近报告说 ，访问他的网站的所有漫游器中有95％使用Internet Explorer 6作为其用户代理。 他写道：“大多数博客垃圾邮件来自伪造或作为特洛伊木马使用受感染系统的Internet Explorer 6的机器人，”他最终决定完全阻止IE6来缓解博客垃圾邮件问题。
Of course, security isn’t the only reason web developers are sour on IE6. Internet Explorer 6 is also dismal when it comes to standards compliance. So why do people continue to use it? As Nick La wrote a year ago, the reason people still use IE6 is that developers go out of their way to make web sites work in it. So most people don’t realize that IE6 isn’t a good browser.
当然，安全性并不是Web开发人员对IE6感到厌烦的唯一原因。 当涉及到标准合规性时，Internet Explorer 6也令人沮丧。 那么为什么人们继续使用它呢？ 正如Nick La在一年前写的那样，人们仍然使用IE6的原因是开发人员竭尽全力使网站可以在其中运行 。 因此，大多数人没有意识到IE6不是一个好的浏览器。
“We all know that IE6 is outdated and has horrible CSS rendering engine. However, most average Internet users haven’t realized that yet. Why? Because we put our hard work on it and patch the bugs by various IE hacks,” La wrote, urging people to drop support for IE6.
“我们都知道IE6已经过时，并且具有可怕CSS渲染引擎。 但是，大多数普通的Internet用户尚未意识到这一点。 为什么？ La写道，“因为我们为此付出了艰苦的努力，并修补了各种IE黑客的错误，”他敦促人们放弃对IE6的支持。
A third of the Internet is a lot of people to just leave behind, though. So support for IE6 continues at most web sites, especially large ones. What we need to move us forward, however, is a bold move, not too much unlike the one Apple made in 2001 when it decided to forgo backwards compatibility when it released OS X. In order to save the Internet from IE6, perhaps we need to stop supporting it.
但是，互联网的三分之一是很多人留下的。 因此，大多数网站(尤其是大型网站)仍继续支持IE6。 但是，我们需要向前迈进的是一个大胆的举动，与苹果在2001年发布OS X时决定放弃向后兼容性时所采取的行动并没有太大不同。为了从IE6中拯救互联网，也许我们需要停止支持它。
What do you think? Should web developers stop supporting Internet Explorer 6? Vote in our poll and then leave your thoughts in the comments below.
你怎么看？ Web开发人员应该停止支持Internet Explorer 6吗？ 在我们的投票中投票，然后在下面的评论中留下您的想法。
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翻译自: https://www.sitepoint.com/is-it-time-to-ditch-ie6/
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