Although several large sites, such as Youtube.com or Digg.com want to give up support for the Internet Explorer 6 web browser (firstly because of the vulnerabilities it presents, secondly because it is already 8 years old and 2 other IE versions have been released since then), Microsoft has announced that it will continue to provide support for it as long as Windows XP (the OS in which IE6 is included) is in the extended support period (ie until April 2014).

At the same time, Microsoft also explained why the withdrawal of support for IE6 is not yet taken into account: because many users of this browser do not know how, cannot (referring to those who use IE6 at work) or do not want to upgrade to a newer version. In addition, Microsoft also stated that:

The engineering point of view on IE6 starts as an operating systems supplier. Dropping support for IE6 is not an option because we committed to supporting the IE included with Windows for the lifespan of the product. We keep our commitments.

Even if IE6 has been listed as one of the top 25 worst tech/software products of all time (more precisely, it ranks 8th) and it is recommended that all IE users upgrade to the latest version (Internet Explorer 8), it must also be taken into account that the use of a certain browser depends directly on the will of the person responsible for the PC (or, especially, PCs) on which it is used.

P.S.- About IE6:

Full of features, easy to use, and a virtual engraved invitation to hackers and other digital delinquents, Internet Explorer 6.x might be the least secure software on the planet. How insecure? In June 2004, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) took the unusual step of urging PC users to use a browser–any browser–other than IE. Their reason: IE users who visited the wrong Web site could end up infected with the Scob or Download.Ject keylogger, which could be used to steal their passwords and other personal information. Microsoft patched that hole, and the next one, and the one after that, and so on, ad infinitum.