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This is great news, except for the fact that there is still a huge percentage on IE6. Until people migrate off, it'll still be a pain in the ass to develop site

by wmwong 16y ago

This is great news, except for the fact that there is still a huge percentage on IE6. Until people migrate off, it'll still be a pain in the ass to develop sites. That's one nice thing about the other browsers. Most users are on very similar versions. IE, on the other hand, have users spread out across many old versions. It will be time to celebrate when they can get most of their users on the newest IE. I can't wait for that day.

d4rt 16y ago
The real shame is no IE9 for Windows XP. [1] Some 60% [2] of the market share is Windows XP. IE 6 - 8 are going to be with us for some time. [1] http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/Default.html http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/FrequentlyAskedQuesti... [2] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Microsoft_Windows https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Microsoft_Win...
- misterbwong 16y ago
  That is unfortunate. Hopefully the popularity of Win7 will help with this. I wonder if MS is contemplating releasing a non-video accelerated version of IE9.
- redorb 16y ago
  The best solution I see to the "no IE9 for windows xp" problem if were not counting on Microsoft to do something is Chrome frame; but I think some big player (youtube, facebook etc..) would have to almost force it on users for it to cut down on those big percentages http://www.google.com/chromeframe http://www.google.com/chromeframe
- Setsuna 16y ago
  >The real shame is no IE9 for Windows XP Yes, but there are plenty of other browsers such as Firefox and Chrome that work in XP. Unless you're talking about accessing sites that will work only in IE.
melling 16y ago
Huge? 17% is significant, but not huge. http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2 http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qp... People have several options: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and, IE8. All of these are free, so I think we're almost to the point where people can be nudged off of IE6.

by wmwong 16y ago

d4rt 16y ago

The real shame is no IE9 for Windows XP. [1] Some 60% [2] of the market share is Windows XP. IE 6 - 8 are going to be with us for some time. [1] http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/Default.html http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/FrequentlyAskedQuesti... [2] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Microsoft_Windows https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Microsoft_Win...

misterbwong 16y ago
That is unfortunate. Hopefully the popularity of Win7 will help with this. I wonder if MS is contemplating releasing a non-video accelerated version of IE9.
redorb 16y ago
The best solution I see to the "no IE9 for windows xp" problem if were not counting on Microsoft to do something is Chrome frame; but I think some big player (youtube, facebook etc..) would have to almost force it on users for it to cut down on those big percentages http://www.google.com/chromeframe http://www.google.com/chromeframe
Setsuna 16y ago
>The real shame is no IE9 for Windows XP Yes, but there are plenty of other browsers such as Firefox and Chrome that work in XP. Unless you're talking about accessing sites that will work only in IE.

melling 16y ago

Huge? 17% is significant, but not huge. http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2 http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qp... People have several options: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and, IE8. All of these are free, so I think we're almost to the point where people can be nudged off of IE6.