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Summary
RPM supports Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), but it is not recommended. IE 6 is over 10 years old. Compared to modern browsers it is slow, lacks support for modern website standards, and is a security risk.
- We are planning on removing support for IE6 in RPM 7.3 in early 2012
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Survey
If you use IE6 for RPM, please tell us why (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0bzF8Qhhog369_2b9GjKXVFQ_3d_3d).
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Alternatives
Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) (recommended)
Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome) (recommended)
A newer version of Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx)
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Performance best practices
If Internet Explorer 6 is required:
- Clear your IE file cache.
- Upgrade the script engine.
- Consider installing Google Chrome Frame (http://code.google.com/chrome/chromeframe/) which improves the rendering of supported sites from Internet Explorer without affecting other websites.
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Known issues
- Case 1357: If Norton Security Phishing Protection is enabled then IE6 can't download files from RPM.
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Future
- We are planning on removing support for IE6 in RPM 7.3 in early 2012
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Further reading
- The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown (http://www.ie6countdown.com/) - Microsoft
- Stopping blog spam or Why I started to block Internet Explorer 6 (http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/2008/07/20/stopping-blog-spam-or-why-i-started-to-block-internet-explorer-6/)
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