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Fascinating. This is another way for them to send a clear message to the hundreds of millions of xp users out there who looked at 7 and rejected it: "We don't c

by Toshio 14y ago

Fascinating. This is another way for them to send a clear message to the hundreds of millions of xp users out there who looked at 7 and rejected it: "We don't care about you, use the latest Chrome if you must". And then they keep wondering why ie's market share is dropping like a rock.

ygra 14y ago
I guess few remaining XP users actively would look for a new version of IE anyway. They could have had IE 8 and didn't update.
- Rastafarian 14y ago
  Many still have IE 6.0 on XP SP3 ... It's fully supported by MS.
  - ygra 14y ago
    It's in extended support but out of mainstream support by now. Just as XP.
  - melling 14y ago
    Well, not really. IE6 is essentially dead. Throw out a few Asian countries and the market share will drop significantly. http://www.ie6countdown.com/ http://www.ie6countdown.com/
- nobleach 14y ago
  The problem isn't always a lack of IE8. Government agencies often have a forced group policy that puts IE8 into "compatibility mode" so it's effectively IE7... which is only slightly better than IE6.
meaty 14y ago
Considering the amount of people who whinge incessantly about the latest and greatest browser not being used, why would they then whinge that the latest operating system isn't? So much double-think.
- mmcnickle 14y ago
  At the risk of engaging someone who clearly has an axe to grind, the barrier to upgrading a browser is hardly comparable to upgrading an operating system.
  - meaty 14y ago
    I agree with that point, but I think that the people who use the latest and greatest browser tend to upgrade their computers and operating systems regularly. The rest don't know or care. As technology experts on here, we tend to forget that the layperson doesn't generally know or care.
  - gmac 14y ago
    For a decent-sized constituency, the barrier is exactly the same: they haven't got admin rights, and the IT department installed/mandates the version they have. And for another too: the large proportion of people who have no idea what either an OS or a browser is. It's a mistake to imagine that everyone (and perhaps even a majority) either understands or has control of their computing.
- andybak 14y ago
  No double-think at all. The people you hear 'whinging' are people trying to build websites without having to add 50-100% to their dev time fixing IE-specific problems. Or unable to use features that other browsers have supported for years because half their target market is on a browser without any form of auto-update and a glacial release cycle. I personally don't give a monkey's spleen what OS people run because the platform I am developing for is the web browser.

by Toshio 14y ago

ygra 14y ago

I guess few remaining XP users actively would look for a new version of IE anyway. They could have had IE 8 and didn't update.

Rastafarian 14y ago
Many still have IE 6.0 on XP SP3 ... It's fully supported by MS.
- ygra 14y ago
  It's in extended support but out of mainstream support by now. Just as XP.
- melling 14y ago
  Well, not really. IE6 is essentially dead. Throw out a few Asian countries and the market share will drop significantly. http://www.ie6countdown.com/ http://www.ie6countdown.com/
nobleach 14y ago
The problem isn't always a lack of IE8. Government agencies often have a forced group policy that puts IE8 into "compatibility mode" so it's effectively IE7... which is only slightly better than IE6.

meaty 14y ago

Considering the amount of people who whinge incessantly about the latest and greatest browser not being used, why would they then whinge that the latest operating system isn't? So much double-think.

mmcnickle 14y ago
At the risk of engaging someone who clearly has an axe to grind, the barrier to upgrading a browser is hardly comparable to upgrading an operating system.
- meaty 14y ago
  I agree with that point, but I think that the people who use the latest and greatest browser tend to upgrade their computers and operating systems regularly. The rest don't know or care. As technology experts on here, we tend to forget that the layperson doesn't generally know or care.
- gmac 14y ago
  For a decent-sized constituency, the barrier is exactly the same: they haven't got admin rights, and the IT department installed/mandates the version they have. And for another too: the large proportion of people who have no idea what either an OS or a browser is. It's a mistake to imagine that everyone (and perhaps even a majority) either understands or has control of their computing.
andybak 14y ago
No double-think at all. The people you hear 'whinging' are people trying to build websites without having to add 50-100% to their dev time fixing IE-specific problems. Or unable to use features that other browsers have supported for years because half their target market is on a browser without any form of auto-update and a glacial release cycle. I personally don't give a monkey's spleen what OS people run because the platform I am developing for is the web browser.