We've seen IE 6 usage drop to below 2%; and that is with almost all of our customers being business users too. We don't deal with governments or the military ho

We've seen IE 6 usage drop to below 2%; and that is with almost all of our customers being business users too. We don't deal with governments or the military however so your mileage might vary. The iPad has a higher usage on our properties in every measurable way. A lot of web developers I've known who complain constantly about IE7 and newer are also still developing for quirks mode for some ungodly reason. While IE7 definitely isn't perfect, when you use it in strict mode it seems at least as consistent as Firefox or Chrome are. It seems the call of "IE sucks!" has almost become so ingrained that people can rarely justify the opinion (ditto with "Vista sucks," "Windows is insecure," "Macs cannot get viruses," etc). Frankly once an opinion reaches critical mass in the technology world certain individuals just start parroting it without any thought or consideration as to WHY it was true in the first place.