Hi Guys

I'm designing a [reasonably simple] web site for a friend who is an Osteopath and it is coming together quite nicely. However, as usual, IE6 is the problem child - in this case, because it doesn't understand "li:hover", it breaks conditional display of the multi-level menu system.

Now, I can fix this using java (which I normally try to avoid since I don't like making my sites java-specific) BUT I got to thinking....should we even be still trying to cater for IE6 quirks when it requires extra work to code around these oddities?

Taking at look at the w3schools broswer stats click here (even noteing all the caveats) suggests that IE6 usage (especially private IE6 usage) is way way down. Moroever, with all the efforts being made to shift users off it, should we be encouraging them to stick on it by designing for it? After all, how many of us still code for Netscape 3 compatability :-)

I know accepted wisdom is that we code for as wide a range of browsers as possible. Also, are we loosing 'market share' by not making a site compatible with as much as possible? In my view, this **might** be something a corporate wants to consider but my friend is a small local osteopathic clinic and he just wants a web presence - most of his business still comes by word of mouth.

So, what do people think.....