Starting in March Google will drop support for the Internet Explorer 6 browser. This move, entitled in their blogs as «Modern Browsers for Modern Applications» was justified not only by the age of the browser but also aiming to provide a better service for Google Docs and other online applications.
The initiative began months ago and now it seems to be a reality. The problem: old browsers are slow, unsecure and don’t support new tecnology standars like CSS and AJAX correctly.
Some people claim that this move was also influenced by the recent attacks to Google in China were Operating System and Browser vulnerabilities were exploited in order to harm Google’s network.
IE6 is still in use since several applications, specially in the corporate level, were designed specifically for this browser and the cost to upgrade these machines is sometimes very hig. However Microsoft and other known businesses offered different solutions to help people to move to a newer browser.A partir de Marzo Google dejará de dar soporte a Internet Explorer 6 según informó mediante un Blog relacionado con el servicio Google Docs «Modern Browsers for Modern Applications» (Navegadores Modernos para Aplicaciones Modernas).
La iniciativa que comenzó hace bastante tiempo ya es una realidad. El problema: los navegadores viejos son lentos, inseguros y carecen de la funcionalidad para soportar tecnologías como AJAX y soporte para plantillas CSS de manera correcta.
Algunas personas apuntan a que esta medida también se toma por los recientes ataques a Google en China en donde se utilizaron vulnerabilidades de navegadores y productos.
Internet Explorer 6 sigue en uso debido a que muchas aplicaciones, sobre todo a nivel corporativo, fueron diseñadas para este navegador y migrar a uno más nuevo implica costos para los departamentos técnicos. Sin embargo Microsoft alentó desde el lanzamiento de Internet Explorer 7 la migración. Por otro lado sitios como YouTube y otros anunciaron y descartaron el soporte a este navegador el año pasado.
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