I just figured IE6-only applications are a myth, like Bigfoot, aliens or courteous government employees. I look forward to a final count or list (if possible)
That's more or less it, yeah. But I've done some simplification for the blog post. A quick web browser control will get you started but obviously there's more stuff to fix...
I'm hoping to create a unified method for everybody stuck on IE6. But I need more data. :-)
I think that the major problem is that most IE6 only applications are intranet-based, and hence, not something we can just send a link to.
I know of at least 4 within my old company's firewalls, and probably 7 or more within the ATF's firewalls, but I can't link them over or (without violating licensing restraints) bundle them up and ship a copy either.
It's not IE6, but subprofile.com was locked into one specific version of Apache 1.x. The service allowed you to create an extended "AIM profile" (a 'subprofile'), and your friends could click through to see everything in the same window. Lots of people (myself included) created subprofile-like services, but the subprofile folks found the one version of Apache that caused headers to be sent in such a way that you stayed in the AIM profile window when clicking on their links. In contrast, for any of the other services, a click would take you to a normal browser (much lamer, of course).
Lots of medical software like DICOM image viewers and MRI viewers have IE6-only versions. The later versions support Firefox and other browsers, but cost thousands to upgrade. It's hard to explain to a CFO why such an expenditure is required.
