In the age of modern web standards, web developers have faced a foe that has caused many hours to be lost and exasperated hair-pulling to ensue. Internet Explorer 6. Adjusting a website that views perfectly in all modern web browsers, to suit IE6's outdated (lack of) standards takes a lot of time and money.

Born over 10 years ago, and packaged with Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6 has seen gradual, but not complete, decline over the years, what with the multitude of shiny alternatives available (IE9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc).

Now Microsoft themselves areadvocating that the world moves on from using Internet Explorer 6, with the launch of IE6Countdown.com. It allows you to track worldwide usage of the outdated browser.

Why move from Internet Explorer 6? There are many reasons, discussed here in IE6Countdown's Educate Others and Corporate Users section. So, even government IT departments have no excuse now.

Visit IE6Countdown.com and learn more about why you and your office should upgrade from IE6, and make the web a better place.

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