TV's are pretty expensive bits of kit, yet the chances are you have bought a new one since 2001 right?... Whether you upgraded to replace failing equipment, or to keep up with newer technologies such as plasma, LCD or high definition, that old bulky CRT just wouldn't seem right as your primary TV any more.

So why are over 7% of internet users still using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6?

IE6 was launched back in 2001 and since then many new browsers have emerged such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, not to mention versions 7 and 8 or Microsoft's offering - yet despite upgrading to any of these browsers being completely free, many users are still using software that we used at a time when less than 1% of us had broadband connections - 9 years is a long time in the history of the internet.

The reason for the frustration you may be able to sense in this post is that designing websites which work with IE6 is incredibly time consuming as this browser doesn't adhere to the rules of HTML - and as I like to keep up to date with technology I don't even have access to an IE6 browser any more, which makes identifying these bugs tricky.

Fortunately help is at hand from GeoTek's NetRenderer which allows you to see what any site looks like in this antiquated browser - very handy!