Fantastic decision by Microsoft (at last) to start automatic upgrades of Internet Explorer for everyone. As a developer we have all spent time griping about IE 6, its not good for users and its not good for developers. The web is a potentially dangerous place and IE 6 is no longer good enough to keep the user safe. The browser has been criticised repeatedly for its security flaws and the pace of patches being made available to address these. Similarly the advantages of moving to IE 9 are gladly welcomed by all developers I’m sure. IE 6 is now over 10 years old (first released in August 2001) and offers little of the features and capabilities of modern browsers.

Microsoft’s decision to change direction on this will entitle everyone to upgrade to the latest browser remaining safer than ever before and improving how 600 million people experience the web.

Official news from MS on the upgrade and roll out plan can be found on the Windows Team Blog

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