Internet Explorer 6 MUST DIE. And I Mean It.

Chances are, you're not viewing this on Internet Explorer 6. But about 0.3% of users of the web use Internet Explorer 6 in the United States. In fact, a whopping amount of users (25.3%) in China use Internet Explorer 6.*

But why do so many people still use Internet Explorer 6? For one, it was the standard web browser for Windows XP (the second most popular web browser) for 5 years, and simply people either don't want to upgrade or think there is no need to upgrade. But there are needs. For one, there is no CSS2 support. Crazy, huh? Also a huge number of PNG images don't render correctly in Internet Explorer 6.

Internet Explorer 6 is also regarded as insecure. Yes, there are even code snippets that can shut down Internet Explorer 6. Secunia reported 24 unpatched vulnerabilities. Microsoft, thank you, fixed many with Internet Explorer 7, then Internet Explorer 8, then Internet Explorer 9, and finally Internet Explorer 10.

Also, Facebook doesn't really like Internet Explorer 6. If they detect you using it, a message says:

Please read this!
You may want to upgrade your browser.

You're using Internet Explorer 6 to browse Facebook right now. Facebook will work better for you if you upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 or switch to another browser.

Upgrade to Internet Explorer 7
Switch to Firefox
Switch to Safari
Switch to Flock

yea, facebook doesn't like IE6.

Also, Digg and Youtube have cut back support for Internet Explorer 6.

HTML5 does not work in Internet Explorer 6, either. And HTML5 will become the new HTML.

*From Microsoft's IE6 Countdown website.