Pro Epic Technology Solutions is in the process of phasing out support for Internet Exploer 6 (IE 6) beginning February 1, 2009. This does not mean you won't be able to use our websites with IE 6. It means that all future improvements and fixes will not be guaranteed to work properly for those still using IE 6 after that date.
There are a number of reasons to make this decision now. The top among them being IE 6's lack of support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standards. All of our websites are controlled with CSS - the layout, colors, fonts, etc. IE 6 was launched in 2001. The first CSS standard (CSS1) was publised in 1996. The second (CSS2) came in 1998.
Also, IE 6 doesn't play well with modern JavaScript techniques. Many of the features of or websites rely on JavaScript to function properly. These two factors alone have cost us (and countless other designers and developers throughout the world) immeasurable amounts of time and fried brain cells attempting to support IE 6 at the same time as more modern browsers.
Microsoft itself strongly urges all Windows users to make the move to IE 7, which, although not perfect, has better support for CSS, JavaScript, and enhanced security features. Internet Explorer in general is the most targeted browser when it comes to spy-ware, viruses and security holes.
We are not the first company to do this. 37signals did so back in October, 2008. It has also been reported that Apple does not support IE 6 for users of its MobileMe service, and Google advised Gmail users to leave IE 6 in the dust at the dawn of the new year.
We suggest that you try one or several of these browsers as replacements for IE6:
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