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Much to the annoyance of most web developers, IE6 has continued to hold a surprisingly high share of the browser market, even following the releases of Internet Explorer 7 and 8. Consequently, of course, we’ve been forced to spend hours testing and tweaking our designs – fighting with the outdated browser’s horrible incompatibility and lack of standards compliance – to make websites display properly in the archaic browser, often having to break standards to do so.
This is, of course, in addition to the terrible security concerns the horribly out-of-date browser presents.
Well, a recent announcement by Google may finally shed some hope on this situation. Google has announced that as of the first of March, its Google Docs service will “no longer work properly” on IE6. In other words, Google is no longer going to waste its time doing a ton of extra work tweaking its software to make it work on IE6 while it works every other browser just fine.
Hopefully such a substantial move by an authority as big as Google will finally prompt a transition away from support for the old browser on the internet in general. If that’s the case, it would mean a lot of long-overdue relief for web developers everywhere.
This past summer, my friend and I brought our laptops into McDonalds, expecting to get free internet access. Having seen the WiFi sticker on the window, we figured that just like many other restaurants like Panera Bread and Wendy’s, McDonalds offered free internet access as a courtesy to its customers. We were mistaken. Sure, there was WiFi available, but it required a fee as well as authentication through my very much despised AT&T.
According to ComputerWorld, however, that will be changing – and soon. This morning, ComputerWorld released this article stating that McDonald’s has finally decided to offer free wireless internet access at 11,000 of its 14,000 U.S. locations.
In my opinion, McDonald’s will probably profit more having free WiFi than charging for it – and here’s why. First, I have a feeling that not too many people actually paid for their internet, considering I can’t recall ever seeing anyone with a laptop at McDonald’s. Second, I’ve spent entire days at Panera – buying coffee and “munchies” all throughout the day – while sitting around working on my laptop and building up an appetite. By creating an inviting environment that encourages people to stick around, McDonald’s will most likely make a much greater profit on additional food and beverage sales than from charging for internet access that nobody uses.
Are you planning on using the new free WiFi at McDonald’s when it’s available? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment or tweeting about this article below!
Since the beginning, I was opposed to all the annoying “apps” on Facebook. The obnoxious invitations they send out were bad enough as it was, but now there are also concerns of many of these apps – and the advertising inside them – being associated with scammers.
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This past summer, my friend and I brought our laptops into McDonalds, expecting to get free internet access. Having seen the WiFi sticker on the window, we figured that just like many other restaurants like 
