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>Even Microsoft is trying. Well why in the name of all good design did Microsoft not put out a version of IE9 for Windows XP while it was still supported? Tha
by jnbiche 12y ago
>Even Microsoft is trying.
Well why in the name of all good design did Microsoft not put out a version of IE9 for Windows XP while it was still supported? That would made everything so much simpler, including for them -- after all, they have to worry about IE8 just like the rest of us, XP or no.
- numbsafari 12y agoWhy? Because they want people to stop using XP. Stop using XP. Seriously.
- jnbiche 12y agoJesus, I don't mean for me. I haven't touched XP in years, and have very rarely used any Windows OS for the past 5-6 years. But there are millions of people in developing countries who can't afford to upgrade, or don't know how. Have you considered that? This is not a first-world problem. Why not accommodate those users? MS doesn't have to support the OS itself, but think of how much trouble it could save developers around the world -- inside of Microsoft and out -- if all these XP machines were automatically upgraded to IE9.
- BillinghamJ 12y agoBecause Microsoft is also trying to get people off XP. Releasing any new software sends the wrong signals.
- richbradshaw 12y agoUh, when was the last time you saw XP on a new machine - from Google Analytics on a UK retail site I'm getting 2.4% of users on XP this month, equivalent month in 2013 was 6.5%, in 2012 was 12.4%, in 2011 21%, 2010 34% - that's basically halving each year for the last 3 years.
- jnbiche 12y agoYeah, this is because your users are mostly in the U.S. or Western Europe. It's a different story elsewhere in the world (although even those countries are slowly moving off of XP).
- Siecje 12y agoIE9 isn't even enough. IE9 doesn't even support the placeholder attribute.