A good friend passed this link on to me today:

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/norwegian-websi.html

We stopped supporting IE 6 at PatrickOrtman, Inc. a few weeks ago, and several other web shops have also stopped supporting this “circa 2001″ web dinosaur.

Why? Because there’s no reason to continually support a browser that’s been obsolete for over half a decade. IE 6 was ok when it first came out, but it doesn’t work like other web browsers and it creates unbelievable headaches for developers and designers. To get around these problems, we’ve turned to hacks and alternate layouts to support IE 6. And that’s not a good way to design.

The worst thing is, the majority of users who still browse the web with IE 6 do it because they really don’t know any better. Campaigns like the one above will hopefully nudge these users towards upgrading. After all, when Microsoft itself says it is time to change… well, it’s time to change.

I’m hopeful that this movement will continue, and that we as designers will be freed up to create amazing websites that are standards-compliant and great experiences for our clients and their users.