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I've happily signed the e-petition on the Downing Street website calling on the Prime Minister to 'encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6.' I've written on this subject before; and I know the huge headache it would be to alter in-house applications built for IE6 alone (although that's another story altogether). I note the [...] read on »

Former e-government minister Tom Watson has tabled a string of Parliamentary Questions, asking various government departments what plans they have to upgrade their default web browser from Internet Explorer v6. The answers are starting to come in, and they aren't pretty. ... no plans to change ... ... in the process of reviewing the options...  no decision [...] read on »

I'm on the brink of starting another coding project - a blogging initiative on behalf of another central government department, which I won't name just yet. And I know how it's going to turn out, because it always turns out the same. Many a true word, as they say, spoken in jest. But the reality is, [...] read on »

I used to get really excited about the release of new versions of the big web browsers. These days the overwhelming emotion is worry, bordering on panic. What is it going to do with the HTML I lovingly crafted to work with its predecessor? I held my breath this morning as I fired up the first [...] read on »