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I suspect IE's market share will never go below X% (where X is high enough to be significant) as long as it's the only browser bundled with Windows and Windows
by philh 17y ago
I suspect IE's market share will never go below X% (where X is high enough to be significant) as long as it's the only browser bundled with Windows and Windows itself has most of the desktop market.
As long as that's the case, businesses will have to support it. IE may not be driving the market, but can still hold it back.
- megaduck 17y agoIt'll only hold you back so long as you're wanting to capture 100% of the potential market. Obviously Facebook and Google can't afford to give up any potential customers, but a lot of businesses can. How many websites have you seen that demand IE? That was acceptable because IE was a majority, and offered certain features like ActiveX. Once IE becomes a minority, isn't it reasonable to demand that users of your HTML 5 application use something else?
- philh 17y agoMy claim is that IE's market share will not become insignificant for a long time. You seem to have read it as "IE will retain nonzero share for a long time".