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Google Chrome; It rocks!
Topic Started: Apr 21 2009, 10:36 AM (1,948 Views)
Aaron Aug 7 2009, 09:26 AM Post #61
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Aug 6 2009, 02:26 AM
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haven't gone lower into IE4 or anything, but I know some people don't even have IE6 yet.


considering that as of june 2008, the amount of people using IE5 was 0.5% of the tubes, (down 0.2% from the 0.7% of the month before, and the month before that it went down 0.3% from 1%), going by that negative correlation IE5 stopped being used last... october? That's almost a year ago. I think it's safe by now to assume nobody uses below IE6 now. ;p
IE6 is still being massively used, mostly in companies that software that will not work with IE7/8. There are a few petitions around to try and get MS to drop support of 6, as of now support will be dropped by MS in 2014.
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FearKiller Aug 7 2009, 03:43 PM Post #62
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 I'm slowly moving away from developing web pages that support IE6. The reason why IE6 is still being used is because people are still making web pages that work in it. I, for one, support the advancements in technology.
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silvershoes Aug 9 2009, 01:11 PM Post #63
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Aug 7 2009, 03:43 PM
I'm slowly moving away from developing web pages that support IE6. The reason why IE6 is still being used is because people are still making web pages that work in it. I, for one, support the advancements in technology.
You can do that. You just have to be prepared for the consequences.

IE6 mostly lives on company pcs. You can run anything you want on a free-standing pc (like the one you have at home), but at work you pretty much have to run what the boss gives you. And you can't exactly go crying to the IT department if some non-work website doesn't display properly.

A lot of companies had real problems with things like Vista because of their software. Upgrading was going to involve both hardware and software and a huge amount of cash. Then there were security issues - enough that a lot of companies (and large parts of the Federal government) just said no.

So the question of not supporting IE6 is like so many I see on sites where folks insist on using Flash or other cool stuff - can you afford to give up a large number of potential visitors/customers to only have the latest cool stuff?

If the answer's yes, do it. But for an awful lot of businesses the answer's no. Your site - your choice - your bottom line. ;)
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mcteeth Aug 9 2009, 02:20 PM Post #64
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Aug 9 2009, 01:11 PM
Your site - your choice - your bottom line. ;)
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