Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) should be phased out and replaced with a more modern browser according to a Downing Street petition, which calls for the UK government to move away from the old browser.
As reported by the BBC, IE6 uses outdated technology and has security flaws which create a burden for developers.
Web firms are claiming the software which was first released in 2001 is “holding the web back,” but some firms and government departments are using systems that require the use of IE6.
The petition states that “creative and software development companies are forced by government department clients to build websites for IE6 when most of the industry has moved on.”
The petition was initiated by Dan Frydman of web firm Indigo and currently has 44 signatures.
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