Internet Explorer 6 has been around since August of 2001,making it 8 years old in a couple of weeks. EIGHT YEARS! To give some perspective on just how old that is:IE6 came out 4 years before YouTube was introduced. IE6 came out 3 years before BitTorrent was even invented. IE6 came out 3 years before Gmail was introduced. IE6 came out when Google was just a small search engine that had a cult following. So why are people still using such a relic of a browser? Why are companies enforcing their employees on using such a crippled and insecure application? It just makes no sense anymore. I had such a hard time getting UpGRD me to render correctly with some friends who still used IE6 at work. And it seems that I am not the only one. Both Digg and YouTube are tired of spending time,money,and resources on maintaining compatibility of all their site’s functionality with IE6. They have both independently announced that the will be phasing out support for IE6. YouTube has put up a banner above the videos with this announcement while Digg is thinking about preventing people with IE6 from digging or commenting on stories (IE6 only accounts for 1% of site activity). Someone needs to make a stand on this (*hint*Google*hint*),and finally bury this archaic browser.