Older web browsers are a bane for Web Developers. For years now Internet Explorer 6 has caused many an expletive from a hard working developer, when it just doesn’t follow the rules and creates hours of extra work.

Google has lead the way in abandoning the older browsers, encouraging people to upgrade. The more advanced websites get, the more difficult (and in many cases now impossible) it is to make then work in the older browsers.

The latest browsers to be phased out by Google are Internet Explorer 7, Safari 3, Firefox 3.5. According to StatCounter, 17% of people will need to change their browser in the light of Google’s decision.

BBC Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/technology-13639875