Tag: compatibility issues


Why people are still using IE6

August 10th, 2009 — 9:49am

IE6, a legacy from good old Windows XP and still a very dominant browser, boasting 14% of all internet browsers in use (see W3Schools). Still, it contains non-standard implementations of HTML, CSS and Javascript. However, given that it was released on August 27, 2001, one can not assign blame to Microsoft, but rather encourage people to upgrade their browsers.

So why are people reluctant to update their browsers? Data from swivel shows the following:

Why People Are Still using IE6

7.00% I can’t upgrade because my computer runs an old version of Windows
7.00% I prefer this browse
17.00% I don’t feel a need to upgrade
32.00% I can’t upgrade because someone at work says I can’t
37.00% I can’t upgrade because I don’t have administrator access on my PC

7.00% I can’t upgrade because my computer runs an old version of Windows
7.00% I prefer this browser
17.00% I don’t feel a need to upgrade
32.00% I can’t upgrade because someone at work says I can’t
37.00% I can’t upgrade because I don’t have administrator access on my PC

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