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According to the July 10 post by Digg, more than two-thirds of IE6 users polled said they couldn't change their browser because of work restrictions. Hachamovitch admitted that business IE6 lock-in prevents many users from upgrading.
These people are professionally responsible for keeping tens or hundreds or thousands of PCs working on budget. Users and Web developers have been aggressively demanding that IE6 die for some time, but the movement has picked up momentum as large sites, including Facebook, Google's YouTube and Digg either urged their customers to upgrade or said they would stop supporting the browser. Last week, a California site builder added its voice to the campaign, leading nearly 40 Web sites that represent 30 million monthly visitors to ask users to leave the old browser behind.
Hachamovitch's reasoning -- that corporate IT administrators should make the decisions on browser choice -- didn't sit well with everyone. Hachamovitch also cited examples of Microsoft's determination to let users choose their browser, including the decision it announced last month to change IE8's setup. Of course, this was a complete lie, even with the rapid drop in IE6 popularity following the release of the banner it still took two years for YouTube to phase out support.
Google had endless code reviews; OldTuber privileges let them bypass them all. Using them in direct breach of policy like this could result in worse. After convincing their boss not to report them but to keep an eye out in case things went sour, they wrote the code and injected it.
The first person to come to their desks was the PR lead, looking fairly sour for a normally enthusiastic man. Luckily for him, the media had already chosen an angle: YouTube was leading the charge towards a more modern and secure internet, by forcing companies and users to move away from an aging browser towards more superior ones.
After getting the details from the developers, he warned them to consult him next time but acknowledged the positive press and went away to answer his emails. As it happened, for both lawyers Google Chrome had come up as the first recommended modern browser, when it was actually randomized to recommend multiple newer browsers.
They left after a demonstration of the randomization. A day later, a group of engineers congratulated the developers after reading the news, but that was it.
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