[xymon] OK to drop IE6 support in 4.3.0 ?

[Marco Avvisano]

Kill IE6.

Marco



Il 22/10/2010 8.55, Henrik Størner ha scritto:
> I'm having some issues that I'd like a wider input on. So although
> there are probably far too many opinions, I am asking this in a
> wider audience than just the Xymon developer group.
>
> The current menu-system in Xymon is not quite "Open Source" enough
> for some - the licensing has always been a bit unclear (see the README
> file in the ~xymon/server/www/menu/ if you doubt that). Therefore
> it would be nice to replace it with something else, and the Debian
> people have provided a replacement based on CSS and plain HTML 4.
>
> This did break a couple of other things, but I think we have that
> sorted out by now.
>
> The only remaining issue is: It doesn't work in Internet Explorer 6.
> IE 7, IE 8, Firefox, Konqueror all look fine.
>
> Since IE 7 is ok and this is available for Windows XP, I am mostly
> inclined to ignore the problems with IE6. It will be possible to
> install the old menu system on top of the new Xymon release, but
> it would be an extra download and some manual work to do. But
> possible, if you must live with IE 6.
>
> So - would it be OK to do this, and require IE7 as a minimum?
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
>
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