On: Browser Market Pollution: IE[x] is the new IE6

[aj700]

Briefly: facebook timeline is terrible. Even Chrome can hardly cope with all the javascript and reflowing as you load a profile page. There's no way in hell IE6 on XP will be able to cope with it -- the rendering engine, OR EVEN the cpu. Maybe that's the whole idea - Facebook could be Microsoft's best way of forcing people to abandon IE6 (and so XP). Semi-seriously, semi-approvingly I ask: Conspiracy?

[robryan → aj700]

I don't think Facebook has supported IE6 for a long time, at least that was the case when I tested it 6 months ago.

[aj700 → robryan]

you're probably right and I didn't know that. But all of what I said probably applies to ie7 or even 8.

[andrewflnr → aj700]

Not conspiracy, just synergy! (I'm not sure if I'm being serious or sarcastic myself...)