Browser add-on lets enterprises run IE6 inside IE8

From InfoWorld: A startup led by people who worked with and at Microsoft on Internet Explorer will soon release an add-on that lets customers run the aged IE6 within the newer IE8 browser.

The Unibrows add-on is aimed at companies that want to move off IE6 -- and the almost-as-old Windows XP -- to 2009's IE8 and a more modern operating system, such as Windows 7, said Matt Heller, the CEO of Washington-based Browsium.

"Companies need something simple that isn't virtualization based," said Heller. "Unibrows renders IE6 inside an IE8 tab without companies' having to change a single line of code in the sites or Web applications."

Even as Microsoft tries to put a stake in the heart of IE6, enterprises find it difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to dump the old program because IE8 often won't render sites designed specifically for the once-popular IE6, or won't work with IE6-era applications.

According to Gartner Research, IE6 compatibility problems will cause 1-in-5 organizations to take longer than expected or spend more than they budgeted for their Windows 7 migration projects. The problem: Approximately 40 percent of the Web applications used by companies still running IE6 won't work on IE8, the browser bundled with Windows 7.

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