What happened in August 2001?

Think back to where you were nearly ten years ago. 2001 is an infamous year, but you may not know it was also the year that IE 6 was released. The world has changed quite a bit. While others have given a funeral for IE 6, I want to remind us all what else happened…

• Joe Dirt, starring David Spade, was a top movie. Oh, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was big, too.
• Wiki-free content encyclopedia, goes online.
• First Apple Store opens.
• Apple Computer releases the now famous iPod.
• Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• Alexis was born (not really, but it seems like it sometimes), and I was still in college.
• In the final days of his presidency, Bill Clinton issues controversial pardons, including one for Marc Rich, billionaire fugitive financier. George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd president.
• Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine.
• Britney Spears was still a little sweet and innocent pop star.
• Douglas Adams, writer of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (thanks for all the fish) died.

… So why did I write this article? To show that as time wears on, technology changes, we develop more complex, interactive web applications, and through it all, we still get calls asking about IE 6 issues. The questions are dying quickly since only 4 to 8 percent of web users browse with IE 6, but it is fun to look back and think how silly it is to try and support a software that is almost 10-years-old.

If you happen to be reading this article on IE 6, please upgrade.

Need way too much info on browsers? Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers

How about more info on the year 2001? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001