Microsoft says they are sorry for all the time you wasted because updating IE isn’t an automatic process. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.
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Microsoft to Developers: Sorry About the Whole IE6 Thing, Won’t Happen Again
Over the past few years, you’ve spent hours upon hours making your sites work in all mainstream browsers including, unfortunately, IE 6. The time is near that you may finally be able to stop the madness. From now on, starting with a roll out in Brazil and Australia, IE will automatically update to the most recent version that is compatible with the version of Windows on the machine. It’s not nirvana, but it’s a start.
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