When do we leave them behind?

[ApocalypeX]

We're at a turning point on the web. HTML5 & CSS3 are becoming realities; only problem is only the newest of the newest browsers support their new features. Will you ever draw a line and stop support for browsers that cannot support CSS3 or HTML5? Or will you draw the line a bit lower, and not support IE7/6 type browsers?I started thinking about this the other day when I was redesigning my site. There are all these cool things I want to do but main IE cannot support it :/ I was even shocked IE8 didn't support getElementsByClassName().

[thescientist]

I'll probably wait till they actually become a reality as far specifications go.

[real_illusions]

I dont support IE6 anymore.I sort of support IE7 but only to the point that if the site looks ok and functions, then I'll leave it at that.If designers and developers dont push the web forward, and use new features that browsers implement, then the web wont move that fast and we risk losing new innovations.

[boen_robot]

I already draw my line at IE8. That's the lowest level I'm currently supporting, and which I plan to support until IE9 hits and gets some larger market share that what IE6 has currently. I define "support" as "testing my site in the browser, making sure all features work in one form or another, and that the site looks decent in the browser", and "no support" as "not testing in the browser".However, I don't built high trafficed sites, and even if I did, statistics of browser usage in Bulgaria suggest that Firefox is already more popular than all IE versions combined, so... I guess if I build a high trafficed site, IE7 will be my lowest bar, and when IE9 comes out, it would probably be shifted to IE8.BTW, if you're thinking "That's not the first time I hear that countries within europe use Firefox more than IE... How on earth did europeans overcome IE? Is it the browser choise screen?", no that's not it - a lot of companies in Europe are not corporations (i.e. they're smaller), and even if they have an IT department, IT is usually free to implement free applications, as long as they're willing to waste their time retraining the employees AND make sure stuff doesn't break AND do other stuff if asked to. So it's a risk, but it's a risk one can take without their boss' prior permission. In addition to that, unlike the US, where the art of choosing is a self defining act, in European countries, people prefer to let IT specialists (like myself) tell them what to use. As far as I'm concerned, I tell them "Each browser has it's strengths and weaknesses, but it's not that much of a big deal which one you'll use. Some are faster at loading pages, others are more extensible, third have nicer interface, and so forth".