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Things You Can't Do In IE6

:first-child

You can’t use the psuedo selector :first-child (or :last-child) in IE6.

There is a work around, of course, using conditional comments and expressions.

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Attribute Selectors

You can’t use some handy CSS selectors like:

  1. input[type=”text”] for selecting text input elements or
  2. abbr[title] for selecting all <abbr> tags with a title attribute or
  3. a[href$=”.pdf”] for all links that point to pdf files

div#column and div[id=”column”] are equivalent selectors, but one doesn’t work in IE6. Handy for when you want to apply a style for everything else.

24 ways has an article from 2005 that talks about some nifty things you can do with attribute selectors.

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Cubicle Ninjas

Josh of Cubicle Ninjas says:

Cubicle Ninjas is proud to support the assassination of this obsolete browser. One more win for IE Death March! –Josh Farkas

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Robert Wetzlmayr

Robert Wetzlmayr says:

Oh happy day, when this long-lasting and enraging browser simulation will retire into oblivion. From POV, the sooner the better. –Robert Wetzlmayr

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Himmelberger Design

Himmelberger Design says:

We’ll be dropping IE6 support for all new project, it stinks have to live with this old thing.

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BadCat Design

Joseph of BadCat Design says:

New BadCat.com will launch with NO support for IE6. I expect to launch * on Tuesday*. I’ll post a link back to your site in our Journal section. direct message me on twitter.com/badcat and I’ll give to the pre-release URL (not for the public) – thanks!
– “Kel” –Joseph Kelter

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Transparent PNGs

Okay sure. 8-Bit PNG transparency works, but I’m talking about doing more transparency than what GIF has to offer, so it doesn’t quite cut it.

But 24-Bit PNG? Now, this has something web designers can appreciate: Alpha blending. 256 levels of transparency.

You can’t do this in Internet Explorer 6 without some javascript or using the AlphaImageLoader filter.

There are a few sites out there using PNG’s to great effect. There’s no need for me compile a list, as it’s been done a few times, but if you’re using it feel free to link up in the comments.

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Things Younger Than IE6

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise

Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001. The pilot episode, “Broken Bow”, takes place in the year 2151, halfway between the 21st-century events shown in the movie Star Trek: First Contact and the original Star Trek television series. –Wikipedia

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Google AdSense

Google AdSense

Oingo changed its name to Applied Semantics in 2001,[4] which was later acquired by Google in April 2003 for US$102 million –Wikipedia

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gygMedia

Gasón of gygMedia says:

Let´s stop developing for that hateful browser too =) –Gasón