My post was made in the light of web2py, perhaps it was a bit too vague. I'm sorry if you still need to support IE6 somewhere. Truly :) Among other things I contract for our country's government but the departments I have to deal with have moved away from IE6 a good while ago. I can understand the frustration, though.
So, let me rephrase - while I can understand using IE6 in a limited environment (preferably intranet) for some antiquated software someone once upon a time got vendor-locked in, this IMHO hasn't got anything to do with the default web2py Examples or even Welcome application. There is absolutely no reason for web2py to display glitch free on IE6 out of the box, even more so since that would limit the experience for other users with modern browsers. If there are environments that have IE6 as the only world-facing browser, than my condolences go to them, but that's also the only thing they'll get. AFAIK, web2py already provides enough tools to make a custom IE6 compatible layout if someone needs it. Speaking about IE6 in general, even entities such as Google and Amazon have dropped IE6 support back in 2010. In EU, Microsoft itself presents IE6 users with http://www.browserchoice.eu page. Australian MS once upon a time compared IE6 with a spoiled milk: http://www.windows7news.com/2010/05/16/microsoft-compares-internet-explorer-6-to-spoiled-milk/ and as we speak, MS itself is counting down the day when this sw monstrosity can be finally and officially retired by them: http://www.ie6countdown.com/ I don't believe 2012 is the time we should even remotely be speaking about web2py and IE6. If anything, we could possibly talk about IE8 and what to do with it. I suppose IE9 is a necessary evil until Windows 8 and IE10 come out, but IE8... I'm afraid we are facing a "www.ie8countdown.com" situation, which might linger for a while. Hey, someone registered that domain in March, 2011. LOL
