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Why won’t/can’t Microsoft patch IE6 or IE7 CSS bugs?

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Mar 15, 2026322 views
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This is a serious question; I'd like to know why Microsoft will not (or cannot) patch IE6 and/or IE7 to make them more standards compliant browsers -- SPECIFICALLY pertaining to the CSS rendering bugs? Seems like it would be pretty easy to just issue a patch which fixes the CSS bugs and save a lot …

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because they aren't bugs, they're intended design. Intended design that flies in the face of convention and causes developers and users alike headaches, but still intended design. Plus it would segregate the browser market even further, into people …

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