The least common denominator has been increased. In a few short years, hardware accelerated HTML5 will be expected. 95% on ACID3 will be taken for granted. Really fast JavaScript, ... you get the idea.
Sure some people will hang out with IE6 for another 5 years, but most sites can now be optimized for much more functionality.
Finally, for those people(companies) that will only use a Microsoft browser, they now have a really good HTML5 browser.
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The least common denominator has been increased. In a few short years, hardware accelerated HTML5 will be expected. 95% on ACID3 will be taken for granted. Really fast JavaScript, ... you get the idea.
Sure some people will hang out with IE6 for another 5 years, but most sites can now be optimized for much more functionality.
Finally, for those people(companies) that will only use a Microsoft browser, they now have a really good HTML5 browser.