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Isn't the bigger news here that IE has dropped below 50% market share (dramatically) for the first time in over a decade? It's dominance is kind of over.
by mindstab 15y ago
Isn't the bigger news here that IE has dropped below 50% market share (dramatically) for the first time in over a decade?
It's dominance is kind of over.
- profitbaron 15y agoThe IE team need to implement what Firefox & Chrome (to some effects) does. Firefox & Chrome constantly bug you when theres new update - if you keep ignoring Firefox's it starts asking you to update before it even opens. Why is this important? Well a lot of people still use IE6 & have finally upgraded to IE7 however, we're on IE9 now with IE10 in test drive mode. These users aren't tech savvy individuals etc who think to 'upgrade' to the latest version, so when they hear about Firefox/Chrome etc - they compare it to their current browser IE6/7 etc and decide that IE sucks so they switch over despite the fact that IE hs considerably improved recently. Disclosure: I'm a Firefox User.
- cletus 15y agoThat's not quite correct. Firefox constantly bugs you to upgrade and it's annoying because it does it when it starts up. Why is it starting up? Because I want to use it. Not the right time to upgrade. Chrome just automatically updates itself, which is a MUCH better user experience (IMHO). As for IE6/7 users, I would say they're largely using it at work where they have no choice.
- Gunther 15y agoI agree, I really like the automatic updating that Chrome uses. I think that both Firefox and IE will eventually change to that model also. It gets out security patches more quickly, ensures that most everyone is using the latest renderer, has the latest features, and best of all doesn't nag me about updates. There are definitely disadvantages to automatic updates, but for me personally I find the advantages too tempting to go back.
- owenmarshall 15y agoI believe starting with Fx5 the updater will now automatically apply updates as Chrome does.
- pilif 15y agosigh - the end users of the application I'm working on use 70%-90% IE depending on the platform. I wish this would change, but I doubt it as IE still is a major player in the enterprise market.
- kalleboo 15y agoI guess I'm luckily in that at my work, WebKit (Safari+Chrome) represents 60% of the visitors, with the rest being split among Firefox (20%) and IE (10%, which we don't even bother testing for)
- mcosta 15y agoI can't tell numbers but our perception is the same. From these people, who are educated enough to pay for our service? Haha Anyway, it works ie7 upwards (tested), but they are getting hard corners and anybody cares.
- smackfu 15y agoVery odd, what sector has a majority of Safari/Chrome users? Even general public (non-enterprise) wouldn't skew like that.