Just checked my analytics out of interest. Sample of 200k unique visitors to a non-tech related website, 6.7% IE8 or less. I would certainly consider using this

Just checked my analytics out of interest. Sample of 200k unique visitors to a non-tech related website, 6.7% IE8 or less. I would certainly consider using this tool even without knowing about the flash shim, especially for something that something is probably an eye-candy extra and not the central feature of a statistical page.