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Just curious, any idea why you have so many users (10%) still on IE8 or under? I just checked my usage, and I only have 8% using IE period -- all versions. Of

Just curious, any idea why you have so many users (10%) still on IE8 or under? I just checked my usage, and I only have 8% using IE period -- all versions. Of those, only 8% are on IE8 or under -- which is only 0.6% of all users.

JoeAltmaier 13y ago
Lots of reasons for that - including your stuff doesn't work on IEx. Observers paradox.
eli 13y ago
We have a network of B2B news and information sites for various industries. I think this is probably pretty standard for sites targeting enterprise users at non-IT companies. It's actually kinda interesting to see the variations between industries like Healthcare vs Construction vs Utilities. If I get time maybe I'll write up a blog post.
- kaybe 13y ago
  Please do. It does sounds interesting.
johne20 13y ago
I agree with JoeAltmaier, but to add to that it depends on your product. eg. If you run a non-profit crm, you will have higher percentage of IE users. As opposed to a git hosting platform, you would have negligible use of IE. Put simply, it depends where on the tech scale your users are and products tend to appeal to some section of the scale.
mscarborough 13y ago
We work in healthcare software, and IE7/IE8 support is mandatory, otherwise we'd be ignoring potential customers and losing current ones. Sure, they have iPads now, but healthcare IT moves really slow and we have to support that pace. It's really not as simple as stated above. It's not up to us to kill it off.
- sgt 13y ago
  I also work in healthcare software, and we've decided on skipping IE7 and IE8 software. It's all about what you can convince your client to let go of. It makes sense to run modern and less bug ridden browsers. If they attempt to access using older browsers, we bring up an explanation page taking them to an ever green browser of their choice.
sorahn 13y ago
We suspect that most of our winxp/IE<8 traffic comes from people stuck in corporations that haven't/can't upgrade with no privileges on their computer.
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JoeAltmaier 13y ago

Lots of reasons for that - including your stuff doesn't work on IEx. Observers paradox.

eli 13y ago

We have a network of B2B news and information sites for various industries. I think this is probably pretty standard for sites targeting enterprise users at non-IT companies. It's actually kinda interesting to see the variations between industries like Healthcare vs Construction vs Utilities. If I get time maybe I'll write up a blog post.

kaybe 13y ago
Please do. It does sounds interesting.

johne20 13y ago

I agree with JoeAltmaier, but to add to that it depends on your product. eg. If you run a non-profit crm, you will have higher percentage of IE users. As opposed to a git hosting platform, you would have negligible use of IE. Put simply, it depends where on the tech scale your users are and products tend to appeal to some section of the scale.

mscarborough 13y ago

We work in healthcare software, and IE7/IE8 support is mandatory, otherwise we'd be ignoring potential customers and losing current ones. Sure, they have iPads now, but healthcare IT moves really slow and we have to support that pace. It's really not as simple as stated above. It's not up to us to kill it off.

sgt 13y ago
I also work in healthcare software, and we've decided on skipping IE7 and IE8 software. It's all about what you can convince your client to let go of. It makes sense to run modern and less bug ridden browsers. If they attempt to access using older browsers, we bring up an explanation page taking them to an ever green browser of their choice.

sorahn 13y ago

We suspect that most of our winxp/IE<8 traffic comes from people stuck in corporations that haven't/can't upgrade with no privileges on their computer.

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