Actually IE 6 should work and I’d say maybe even IE5, but a lot will also depends on the theme you are using.
How does the theme affect logging in?
It normally doesn’t (sorry-I missed that). I can’t say there are ‘minimum’ browser requirements stated.
I can’t login using OS 10.2.8 and IE 5.2. And IE 5.2 throws up a lot of javascript errors. I can login using OS 10.2.8 and FF 2. For what its worth…
So, do you think if I were to say on a terms of service page, since I do charge for the content I put out, that in order to use this website, you need to be using Firefox 2.0 or newer, IE 6 or newer, safari 3.0.4 (I tested 1.3.2 on 10.3 and was unable to log in nor install a newer browser).
This way, if they use something older and it works, I would be able to warn customers that the site might now work using older browsers and I am not responsible for them not being able to use the site properly.
You have to draw the line somewhere. Really, past a point support becomes near impossible as too many things change– javascript, parsing engines, etc. I’d say IE 5 is old enough to forget. I wish I could forget IE6 too…
I think we all wish we could forget IE6. Also wouldn’t TLS/SSL be a problem. I know computers take the highest common version but if one didn’t have SSL at all, would the secure connection be dropped all together?
…if one didn’t have SSL at all, would the secure connection be dropped all together?
Speaking from experience… I don’t know, but that sounds reasonable.
