Google has dropped IE 6 support from google apps and IE6's market share is under 20%.
While one could be tempted to write this off as just another salvo in the Microsoft Google war, anyone that has had to deal with ie6's "of by 3" bug (ie6 would consistantly render some parts of a page 3px different from all other browsers.) Many websites have the comment /*because IE is stupid*/ in there css and javascript files unbenonst to their owners. The web browser most hated by designers since Netscape 4. is finally going away.
This means that transpearant background images are going to start becoming reality and the cool effects at zengarden are going to start showing up in mainstream websites. This also means faster website development and cheaper website development if you are paying someone.
Over all Great news.
