Google tells users to drop IE6
Found on TG Daily on Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Taking a page out of Apple's book, Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in favor of Firefox or Chrome that, according to the company, run the popular web-based email service "twice as fast." Google also labels IE6 as an unsupported browser, meaning it fails to run some Gmail features.
Google recently dumped Firefox in the Google Pack application bundle and replaced it with Chrome. Last month, the company added a direct download link for Chrome on Google and YouTube.
The motivation behind it may be noble (if you can use this word when talking about Google). However, more or less forcing users to switch annoys enough of them; that's probably one of the main reasons why two thirds decide to use Firefox instead of Chrome. My solution is pretty simple though: drop Google applications.