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Honestly, I'm starting to think IE6 is just an urban legend. I mean, has anyone ever actually seen it?

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agumonkey 13y ago
I don't know but we shouldn't write its name too often I don't want to summon evil spirits. ps: this made me google a bit for %, seems like 6 and 7 summed are around 7%.
leoc 13y ago
China. http://www.modern.ie/ie6countdown http://www.modern.ie/ie6countdown
rubiquity 13y ago
You're kidding right? You must live in the Bay Area. There exists these other continents named South America, Africa and Asia. I know I sound crazy right now but people in those mythical lands I just mentioned don't have the latest and greatest computers, or anything remotely close. Try closing your eyes for a minute and imagine a land without latte art, Apple products and toques. It'll blow your mind.
- agumonkey 13y ago
  I don't think these people are stuck with IE6 either. I'm pulling this out of my ass but my belief is that IE6/7 users are people who don't own the machine, in other words employees stuck with corporate system[1]. Other than that you can just install and run firefox or chrome on old machines[2]. [1] I've seen it in national offices were they could only use a verified systems that were implemented by some company in the win95 days so they can't upgrade. In other companies they bought brand new lenovo desktops and scrapped vista to put xp+office2k3 for IT support and compatibility reasons. [2] I run a 2006 laptop as my main one (tpad x60s), and often use a 2005 x41 on the go with no issues.
- sdegutis 13y ago
  I live a few minutes away from nothing but cornfields. Also, the IE6 thing was my attempt at humor. :)
  - rubiquity 13y ago
    Oh, then you won't mind that Zed's swearing is his attempt at humor too.
    - sdegutis 13y ago
      Surely you can see the difference between intentionally offensive humor, and relatively benign humor?
apaprocki 13y ago
There is still a visible % of IE6 users on more general sites. Most of the HN crowd will tell you IE6 is dead and Chrome has the largest browser share, but on a more general audience site (e.g. bloomberg.com), IE6 still has users (not all from China) and IE is still the dominant browser.

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I don't know but we shouldn't write its name too often I don't want to summon evil spirits. ps: this made me google a bit for %, seems like 6 and 7 summed are around 7%.

leoc 13y ago

China. http://www.modern.ie/ie6countdown http://www.modern.ie/ie6countdown

rubiquity 13y ago

You're kidding right? You must live in the Bay Area. There exists these other continents named South America, Africa and Asia. I know I sound crazy right now but people in those mythical lands I just mentioned don't have the latest and greatest computers, or anything remotely close. Try closing your eyes for a minute and imagine a land without latte art, Apple products and toques. It'll blow your mind.

agumonkey 13y ago
I don't think these people are stuck with IE6 either. I'm pulling this out of my ass but my belief is that IE6/7 users are people who don't own the machine, in other words employees stuck with corporate system[1]. Other than that you can just install and run firefox or chrome on old machines[2]. [1] I've seen it in national offices were they could only use a verified systems that were implemented by some company in the win95 days so they can't upgrade. In other companies they bought brand new lenovo desktops and scrapped vista to put xp+office2k3 for IT support and compatibility reasons. [2] I run a 2006 laptop as my main one (tpad x60s), and often use a 2005 x41 on the go with no issues.
sdegutis 13y ago
I live a few minutes away from nothing but cornfields. Also, the IE6 thing was my attempt at humor. :)
- rubiquity 13y ago
  Oh, then you won't mind that Zed's swearing is his attempt at humor too.
  - sdegutis 13y ago
    Surely you can see the difference between intentionally offensive humor, and relatively benign humor?

apaprocki 13y ago

There is still a visible % of IE6 users on more general sites. Most of the HN crowd will tell you IE6 is dead and Chrome has the largest browser share, but on a more general audience site (e.g. bloomberg.com), IE6 still has users (not all from China) and IE is still the dominant browser.