How to Charge for IE6 Work
Posted on 15 July, 2009 at 18:03 PM
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About the Show
We give you some advice on how to charge for IE6 work and also announce the winners of our new Obox Signature Series themes.
Have you dropped support for IE6 yet? Are you still charging for IE6?
The winners of the new Obox Signature Series themes:
- Matty
- Simon
- MarcForrest
- Craig Farrall
- ORiOn
- Ricardo Chiappe
- Teresa Jackson
- Yotua
- TheLanceLife
- Aaron Irizarry
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User Comments
Mike Smith 15 Jul, 2009 18:04:43 PM
Nice video. and congrats to the winners.
I'm dropping IE6 support when I launch my new portfolio site. This video just justifies it for me - if you guys don't do it, why should I? LOL
Aaron Irizarry 15 Jul, 2009 18:47:57 PM
Hah... I won something... rad! I am super stoked guys thanks so much... Keep cranking out these awesome themes!
~ Aaron I
Jacques Bruwer 15 Jul, 2009 19:10:28 PM
Damn no theme for me. Well done to the winners and keep up the awesome work guys
JB
Matty 15 Jul, 2009 19:10:34 PM
Hey guys, Wow! Thanks so much! I really appreciate it. :) I can't wait to check it out.
Thanks again guys, have an awesome rest of your week, Matt.
Marc Forrest 15 Jul, 2009 19:24:23 PM
Thanks chaps & lady for the cool theme :) Yay !!! Super stoked I won the theme...really appreciate it :)
Simon Bennett 15 Jul, 2009 20:27:23 PM
Thank you so much for the theme, I look forward to the email :)
Oh and charging by time for IE6 is a well good idea, going to remember that one
Wayne 15 Jul, 2009 20:55:21 PM
I work for a web shop, I have decided that none of the sites I build will be tested in IE6. I found though, that about 10% of all the visits to some of our clients, came from IE6. We have been placing all types of things in place to let people know to upgrade their browser, so lets see how next month does...
David Perel 15 Jul, 2009 21:05:24 PM
@Wayne - Thanks for dropping by and commenting. I think the majority of people who are still using IE 6 are those that work at corporations who haven't upgraded yet.
Only when sites, that those corps rely on, stop supporting IE 6 will they seriously consider the change over. Until then we are forced to make compromises, but the sooner that small sites like this one and others stop support for Exploder, the better.
Ryan Downie 16 Jul, 2009 00:20:32 AM
Interesting post guys,
First thing off the bat is that I work for an agency and do a few freelance projects in my spare time as you all know. And there is a big divide on opinion at work regarding this matter about supporting IE shit (sorry ment to say 6).
As a designer I fully support progressive enhancement and utilize as much CSS3 and JQuery (when needed) to shake your stick at, and have an absolute minimum fall back for IE. I do have to make sites wok in IE shits (did it again), but what I do is to make sure the functioanlity and layout is simular and leave it at that.
I do get fed up with no been able to push the real boat out with agency work but do try to implement what I can such as showdws , rounded corners and fontface etc but it feels a shame that some people will never see the final effort.
Regarding Freelance I do not support IE shits full stop unless they pay me extra. I do think every ie shits stylesheet should have display:none on the body tag and everyone will get the message. I am drafting a post/rant about ie shits and the users should be avoided like they have leprosy for the sake of the web so look forward to it...
Craig Farrall 16 Jul, 2009 12:16:07 PM
Finally got to see this video, after many internet problems at home.
Yay I won one of the cool Obox themes, can't wait to give it a test drive. Congrats to everyone else :)
Lisa Ellwood 17 Jul, 2009 10:36:39 AM
Congrats to all the winners. Im boo hoo hooing into my Cheerios that I didnt win
But thanks for the great vid guys. I'm just setting up my design business and this confirms that I'm not wasting time with IE6 unless I'm compensated for it per hour just as you suggest. I definitely won't be bothering to make my own website compatibel with it and will encourage anyone still stuck in the dark ages to move on.
ORiOn 17 Jul, 2009 14:14:24 PM
I won one!! Seriously? Are you sure? LOL
I never win anything xD
Thank you guys!
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kyle steed 15 Jul, 2009 17:56:59 PM
Congrats to everybody that picked up a copy of these awesome themes.
me = super jealous