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I think you are spot on. But maybe you should not look at the visitor profile but at the revenue profile. Maybe the typical IE6 user has a higher probability of
by danielh 17y ago
I think you are spot on. But maybe you should not look at the visitor profile but at the revenue profile. Maybe the typical IE6 user has a higher probability of clicking on your client's advertising.
After all, if your gain from supporting IE6 is higher than the cost of supporting it, it makes no sense to abandon IE6.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoAfter all, if your gain from supporting IE6 is higher than the cost of supporting it, it makes no sense to abandon IE6. Although is you abandon full support in IE6 and users want to stay and so use another browser then you've kept their continued custom and saved your extra dev costs. That is, it's not a given that removing full support will impact your profit. Also, the improved design that could be purchased with the extra dev costs could net you more customers using a browser made less than 8 years ago or indeed convert more of the same. People can have a non-profit motive too.
- SamAtt 17y agoThis is a good point. I work for a non-profit and it's my job to maintain the web site. We notice users who click on our banner ads the most are IE6 users and AOL users (who use a newer browser but who you can identify by the IP). The less savvy users are the more likely they are to click on ads in my experience