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The German and French governments have started to encourage people to upgrade away from the browser Internet Explorer 6 (IE6).

IE6 has some security flaws that leave users vulnerable. These two governments have let their populations know that an upgrade will keep them safer online. We should follow them.

When the UK government does this, most of Europe will follow. That will create some pressure on the US to do so too.

Most creative and software development companies are forced by government department clients to build websites for IE6 when most of the industry has moved on.

Companies insist that they need IE6 support because government departments use it and won't be able to see their sites or services without it.

Upgrading would be a massive task for government, but if the public is encouraged to lead the way and the government follows, that would create the momentum needed.

IE6 'end of life' was extended to 2014 by governments and business not ready (or willing) to upgrade. This cycle should be broken and innovation and security given their proper place.

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• ian phillips
• sara crichton
• Scott Evans
• Colin Laws
• James Stuart
• Peter Gumbrell
• Matthew Churcher
• Andy Norrie
• Nathan
• Phil Shawdale
• Duncan Cross
• John Maguire
• Mark
• Rob Hardwick
• Rich Jones
• David Ritchie
• Sally Gurney
• Ian Bell
• Andrew M. Norrie
• Pete Prior
• Dan Venn
• Lewis Evans
• Steve Woodward
• Joseph Salisbury
• Stuart Gallemore
• Joel Spicer
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• Stephen Ian Roberts
• Ben Green
• Emily Cox
• Vanessa Berry
• Dean Christopher
• Neil Winton
• Tom Hellier
• Louis Henwood
• Craig Petherick
• Leon Denny
• K. O 'Grady
• Andrew Hughes-Onslow
• Lloyd James
• Elsa Bartley
• Timothy Mackinnon
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• Matthew Strawbridge
• Christopher Mills
• Leon Cadman
• K Harper
• Dudley Long
• Gregory Clough
• Felix Kenton
• Jack Leigh
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• Greg Allan
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• Lee Neilson
• Simon davies
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• Mr Stoneman
• Matt Ellis
• Kingsley Dunn
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• Leigh Hunt
• Colin Evans
• Terry Morgan
• Jonathan Miles
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• Adrian Winterburn
• Nick Mohr
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• Samuel Rounce
• John P. Hardwicke
• Peter Chapman
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• Alex Wright
• Brigitte Wilson
• James Bell
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• Me. J Muller
• Chris Cohen
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• Richard Orton
• Hannah Lazell
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• Yvonne Clark
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• Cain Voong
• Dawn Kennedy
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• John Turner
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• Ben Stevenson
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• Neil Taylor
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• Carl Gordon
• Aaron Robson
• Steven Gill
• Anthony Hill
• James moore
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• Deus Kane
• Anthony Asbury
• Steven Batcup
• saad shaukat
• Keiron Waites
• Andrew Catherall
• Ali Bakir
• Carl Annett
• Oliver Reeves
• Charles Myers
• Jonathan Phillips
• Abbie Enock
• David Trindade
• Norman Buskell
• Tony Jeffree
• Simon Batchelder
• Ben Vickers
• Wai Leong Fung
• Steve Hayes
• Russell Kyle
• Tristan Bettany
• Marcus Tucker
• Keir Bramman
• Nigel Monroe
• Justin Perry
• Tancredi D'Onofrio
• Mehmet Yucel
• Keith Elmo Eldridge
• Alex Wilcox
• Paul O'Hanlon
• Mark Davison
• Ross Collin
• Tim Dobson
• Chris Cooper
• Raphael S
• Victoria Holland
• Owen Allsopp
• Ashley Mosuro
• Thomas Lynn
• Bill Gewanter
• Matthew Riley
• Martin Archer
• Matt Thomas
• David Myers
• Peter Woodhead
• Phil Bitis
• Max Burgin
• Luke Bastendorff
• James Bowcott
• Harry Cutts
• Graham Higgins
• Alan Cooper
• Tim Gould
• Chris Cole
• Keith Lesser
• Caesar Schinas
• Samantha Court
• Jonathan Lee
• Jon Park
• James Munro
• Daniel McKenzie
• Ewan Murray
• Euan Johnstone
• Rick Curran
• James Chalmers
• Joshua C
• Stephen Troake
• Joshua Walchester
• Liam Murphy
• Kashif Aziz
• Daniel Jones
• Leanne Pateman
• Nathan Nelson
• Andrew Goodbourn
• Matthew Hillsdon
• Stuart Barker
• Alex Barlow
• Martin Smith
• stuart mellanby
• Goutham Rao
• Blair Millen
• Paul Freeman
• Daniel Woodhead
• martin boulter
• Daniel Watts
• Deisha Boyle
• J. Alexander D. Atkins
• Tim Gordon-Jones
• Mark Griffiths
• Rosie Parsons
• Debbie Skeet
• Kim Spence-Jones
• Joseph Gray
• Declan
• Danny Beckett
• Kristian Jones

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