Comedy Central leads the way

Good to see someone is finally asking their users to upgrade to IE6. I hope more websites start ignoring support for IE6 soon, since its such a headache to cater to. Of course, each will have to make its own cost-benefit decision, but we’re pretty close to the point that for most sites, supporting IE6 isn’t worth the time and effort. Just let your page degrade, and provide an avenue for users to upgrade.

Comedy Central New Site Dev Blog: Hey Hey! Ho Ho! IE6 Has Got To Go!

Why? Microsoft wants you to. IE6 has many issues with security and display. Comedy Central wants you to. Once you upgrade to FireFox (Windows or Mac), or IE7 (Windows), you’ll get faster download times, smoother animations and better looking pages.