I know the question of how much do you pay attention to IE6 has been bandied about before. And I know what the browser stats show for adoption/usage levels. What I’m wondering is if anyone has effectively said "screw it" and implemented an extra charge for making a design IE6-compatible and if so what the ball-park ranges are?
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A bit over a year ago, we did just that. Charged an extra 10-12 hours in fact.
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I’ve thought about doing a special fee for that. Why not turn an annoyance into a moneymaker?
As it is now, I just charge actual time spent making that silly thing work. It doesn’t take me that long anymore. The only recent thing that I foresee having trouble with is making a mega-menu work, although Stu Nicchols may have pulled that off with pure CSS, and I know there are Javascript ways to do it.
But doing a large fee could make you some good extra cash, or simply discourage the client from asking for it, and you win either way! I’d say go for it, and report back!
A good thing to remember is that, depending on your client base, many people couldn’t even tell you what version of Windows they’re on, much less what version of IE they have.
For clients that fit that bill, you might only confuse them more by offering IE6 compatibility as a separate feature.
I think the best thing is generally to determine yourself whether the site you build for a client is going to be viewed by a lot of people on IE6, and if so, implement the compatibility. Otherwise just leave it off and you save yourself some hassle.
Just my opinion.
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By default we try to make the basics look sort of normal. For anything that’s not basic layout (think: galleries, apps) we don’t offer it unless they’re willing to pay.
