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I took it and so should you—The Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2009: http://aneventapart.com/survey2009/

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Google has officially announced it will not be support IE 6 browsers on a few of their major services, such as Google Apps (letter below), YouTube and Gmail.

Dear Google Apps admin,

In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 ​as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.

We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010.  After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.

Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser.  We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.

In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience.  We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.

Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,

The Google Apps team

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I feel like this movement has been long awaiting the support of a giant such as Google to back it. Microsoft has not supported or even accepted any responsibility for the IE 6 browser quite some time and it is non-sense to continue to apply hacks and work-arounds to perfectly legitimate website code to support it.

However, as website developers and owners, I also believe we should make the initiative to instruct our visitors using IE 6 that they need to change their software before we just cut them off completely. Implementing User Agent detection and displaying messages to these users on every page they view might be a good start. Offering them their choice of downloading IE 8, Firefox 3.6, Safari 4 or Google Chrome 2 would also be a great way to encourage them to upgrade.

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www.funnelbox.com

funnelbox motion picture studios
http://www.funnelbox.com/

Designed by: Jamie Peterson
Developed by: Gary Hepting
Project Manager: Robb Crocker

funnelbox is a premier motion pictures studio located in historic downtown Oregon City. funnelbox offers a complete turnkey solution through our pre-production, production, and post-production services.

Celebrating over a decade of award-winning video production, funnelbox continues to grow as a collection of artists, talent, and partners. We’ve had the pleasure of working with some of the world’s greatest brands.

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AmericanAnglerBoats.com
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Designed by: Melodi Dugan
Developed by: Gary Hepting
Project Manager: Trey Carskadon

The American Angler series runs where adventure lives. Crafted from ultra-durable, all-welded marine aluminum, American Angler boats are tough enough to carry a lifetime warranty.

No newcomer to serious boating, the American Angler started as a regional boat series built by Smokercraft, one of the most trusted names in boating. So great was the demand and distinctive the performance and styling that the American Angler earned its own identity as an entirely separate national brand.

For the past decade the American Angler series has been charting a new and exciting course in maintenance free design, versatility and strength. Now, hundreds of dealers nationwide count themselves as proud distributors and thousands of enthusiastically satisfied customers are your assurance that American Angler is completely committed to your boating experience and safety.

American Angler boats are built in one of the nation’s boating strongholds, New Paris, Indiana, and reflect nearly a half century of careful engineering and attention to detail that’s been honed over hundreds of thousands of boats and millions of customer impressions. It shows in the detail, running quality and layouts that are the product of listening to the market and responding with products that match their customer’s needs and wants perfectly.

The American Angler by Smokercraft stands as one legend creating a new legendary series of all-seasons family and fishing boats.

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BlueStarBus.com
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Designed by: Gary Hepting
Developed by: Gary Hepting
Search Engine Optimization by: Gary Hepting
Project Manager: Gary Hepting & Alex Brauer

Blue Star Transportation has been locally owned and operated in Portland, Oregon for over 30 years. Their modern fleet of motor coaches, charter buses, shuttle buses, and shuttle vans are ready to serve Portland area business travelers, families, groups, tours, corporations, schools and more. If you need reliable, dependable and safe transportation anywhere around the Portland area, count on Blue Star Transportation.

Blue Star Transportation owns, operates, and meticulously maintains our fleet of over 40 Charter Buses, Shuttle Buses, and Vans. They are not a broker, reseller or agent so there’s never any additional markup or hidden fees. They’re able to offer the lowest rates and personally oversee their staff to deliver the best experience, 7 days a week, 365 days a year!

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