One of the most common form fields on the web is the password field; used when registering or logging in. One of the features of the password field is that it transforms what you type into bullets, thereby making it more difficult for a spy in physical proximity to see the password you are typing.

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So, for some time now, Microsoft's aged and perilous browser Internet Explorer 6 has been hovering in the 14-20% market share range, depending on the market. I won't go in depth here on all of the reasons for it, but suffice to say that invoking the name of IE6 makes web developers cringe like shell-shocked veterans standing next to a backfire. Its idiosyncratic interpretations of everything from Javascript to CSS to certain image types, and even plain HTML markup, render it painful for anyone attempting to build compliant, cross-browser websites and applications. Development time can be doubled trying to accommodate IE6. It is also 8 years old, and now has two younger siblings that have made many improvements, with a third on the way.

Why, then, does it persist? Why does it seem stuck in a semi-supported limbo?