We are really pleased with the design that Craig came up with and his communication throughout was excellent. We plan on commissioning goinnovate with some more work in the not too distant future.”

The website is to be launched in the very near future and is something you should definitely checkout when its finished.

For those of you who make websites you will understand that IE6 is the cause of major headaches in the development lifecycle of a website. For those of you who are internet users and have had the privilege to use a quality browser, such as Fire Fox will understand how dated, lifeless unsecure and unpleasant IE6 is compared. That leaves the internet users who are still using ie, you need to understand how the worn out bit of software your using is effecting your internet experience. A whole world of technologies awaits you – RSS feeds, Social Bookmarking, Increased performance, drag & drop multiple browser tabs. The list goes on.

Why have we stopped supporting IE6?

This is our little bit towards the finish of IE6. If our actions have inspired one more person to do so then it’s been worthwhile. Personal desires aside, we do have good reason to drop support. Not to bore you with the finer details i have listed the more important reasons.

• Over 7 years old and way past its sell by date
• Un-secure with hundreds of compatibility issues
• Last month’s Google analytics’s showed 8 visitors came from ie6 to 843 from Firefox
• All Internet Explorer browser versions together only makes up 10% of our monthly traffic
• The lack of support for modern technologies our site uses
• With the release of IE8 we cannot justify the time and effort for all three versions

In conclusion

As web designers we have a responsibility. If the sites that users are on work fine in browsers like ie6, the user has no need to upgrade. Our long hours, coding hacks and workarounds so that sites look and work in ie6 are actually the cause of ie6`s prolonged life. Need some convincing, do a little research – find out if your majority share of users is from modern browsers, research the percentage of business you will gain from ie6 support against the hours of work you will need to invest making it possible.

Check out what other people have to say on the matter, if we haven’t, then these may convince you.

• I dropped ie6
• Drop IE6 Support — Give People a Reason to Upgrade « Usability Post
• Should I / Could I drop IE6?
• Phasing out support for IE 6 across all 37signals products
• Overly Judgemental IE6 Splash Pages

He was open to anything that I suggested and showed a great deal of creative flair and imagination, producing a site that looks great, is easy to navigate and does everything that I wanted it to do at this stage in our development.”

Their commitment and communication during and after my website build has been second to none. They always seemed responsive to my requests for minor updates or refinements with a seemingly tireless approach.

Using dark tones and shades, associated with my business, the website they built for me expresses the individuality of my company. This was just as i requested but the design quality was far beyond my expectations.

My website is now at the very top of primary searches on Google. This superb knowledge of search engine optimization created a large increase in business leads.

I proudly, with respect and appreciation, promote Goinnovate (truly beautifully web design)”

The final result was brilliant. Craig, not only catered for my limited budget, but he managed to put something together that totally rocks. “

Goinnovate provided Wearable Print with a customised CMS using the ever popular Wordpress platform. We designed a sleek looking site, that emphasised wearable prints catalogues, contact details and general information about the site.

The site now boasts a multitude of facilities – latest news, specials page, custom blog, quotation & contact form and RSS feeds, all of which have been utilised to improve the efficiency of the wearable internet presence. We also did a fantastic job on the SEO and the site ranks in the top 10 for all of its key words.

The smooth JavaScript animations and high contrast colours make the site both impressive and user-friendly. The navigation is simple yet affective; Expression Tints services can be browsed without opening multiple pages and contact information is shown throughout.

With web standard, Search Engine Optimized code, Expression Tints website is fast loading and ranks high in search engines such as Google etc.