Read Latest Entries..: (Post #12) by Echo_of_thunder on Jul 3 2008, 09:06 PM. (Line Breaks Removed)
IE 6 will never really die. there will always be someone someplace on a low end PC that will have to used IE 6. For one too many people dont care for IE7 encluding myself. As saint michael said maybe 2 years. But will bet my last credit that someone will be using it 5 or 10 yrs down the road. Myself I know people that still use and love IE 5.5, so I have to say it will never truely die.... read more.
Most web designers will have copies of each of the leading browsers installed on their system — for testing purposes.
However, given the percentage of readers who come to HTMLSource still using Internet Explorer 6, there are obviously a huge amount of people out there who haven’t been told that there are better browsers available.
What do you think, when will be the time, when developers won't have to test their work in IE6 ??
If you look back into the past, you'll see that IE6 was released in August 2001, yet, according to w3schools, IE5 maintained a significant market share (10%) until November 2004, over three years later:
Just to add to the subject, IE will die faster as soon as Microsoft stops preloading it right into the system with giving a choice to install other browser, and/or giving a choice to uninstall it once installed. Then IE's share will certainly drop and every web-dev in the world will be happy
As for MS IE 6 as a version of Internet Explorer, it will die sooner or later, my expecatitions are next year and I don't agree with electriic ink because the humans are awake and more concered about their browsers from before, IE's share constantly drops in favour of the alternative browsers. If IE goes to 50% share there will be a huge alarm in Microsoft which I think will raise the awareness of the company about their browser product and they will give more into IE making it a worthy browser to use, not just to test in
Cheers
P.S. I personally when I'll get my trap17 hosting (No ads ) I won't test in IE. I will just recommend Opera/Firefox/Safari and move on.
Just to add to the subject, IE will die faster as soon as Microsoft stops preloading it right into the system ...
IE6 will die even faster if people would stop designing for it. Usually the main reason for something's existence is due to the support it has. IE6 isn't anything special, the only thing it can do that many other popular browsers can't is use ActiveX and update your Windows system.
QUOTE(white_eagle @ Jul 2 2008, 01:17 PM)
P.S. I personally when I get my trap17 hosting (No ads ) I won't test in IE. I will just recommend Opera/Firefox/Safari and move on.
I've been doing that for about a year and counting.
I agree with the guy who said 2 years, but I wish it was sooner. Really restricts web designers who want a wide and vast audience.
Truefusion you make a great point, if web designers stopped supporting it, then there will be no need for it, it'll come obsolete. Sooner the better in my opinion.
After all your posts I say that one year will be enough.
To argument my believe I quote an article from computerworld.com
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As was the case last month, Firefox's June share was a new record for the open-source browser, which has been on a two-month climb after being interrupted in April when its share slipped somewhat. Last month's increase was nearly equal to the increase of the month before, which in turn had been the largest for Firefox since December 2007.
Safari and Opera also posted record market shares in June, reported Net Applications, while IE reached a record low last month.
why would you want to support IE 6? Unless you have clients using pirated windows which is a common case because they cannot legally update to IE7. I was working on a site for my friend one time and he wanted me to fix things for IE 6 and I asked why don't you just upgrade their browser to IE 7 and its because they cannot. Another reason IE 6 is still being used a lot is probably because of piracy because if you could you would upgrade to IE7 much better browser then IE 6.
If IE goes to 50% share there will be a huge alarm in Microsoft which I think will raise the awareness of the company about their browser product and they will give more into IE making it a worthy browser to use, not just to test in
But it never will. The majority of people who use the Internet use it once in a few days for a few hours each time. These people couldn't care less how standards-compliant the browser is and if the browser is easy to test on. Despite Firefox and Opera being very well-known, IE still has 83% of the market share - something Firefox developers can only dream of.
Firefox's share of the market is almost certainly capped at 25 - 30%.
Because IE6 users represent a good 30% of your clients. To not do so would turn away business.
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Another reason IE 6 is still being used a lot is probably because of piracy because if you could you would upgrade to IE7 much better browser then IE 6.
Possibly. I think it's more that the average IE6 user does not care enough about browsing the Internet to want to upgrade to IE7. Many get upgraded by force when they buy a new computer.
tell you what.. IE6 will be dead when people will stop using Windows Xp...and that's not gonna happen too soon... cause xp is good enough and doesn't need so much resources as Vista needs, maybe in 3-4 years everybody will have a new pc with plenty of resources and will start using vista or later widows os... till then IE 6 is not going to die...
and hey, designers and developers will always have 3-4 different browsers on their pc ) not all of them but some will...as long as every browser interprets the code in different ways I've also heard on the net that in UK or other countries people don't bother changing their Internet browser, I guess they're not so smart (I don't wanna generalize)
People have started upgrading their browsers to IE 7 (especially after Microsoft removed the piracy check for IE7), Firefox, Opera and Safari. IE 6 is now used by less than 10% of the Internet users. Usually they are non-technology persons or people who still use outdated Windows 98. Recently I was surprised that the AVG LinkScanner a new feature in AVG Anti-Virus application is identifying it self as IE6, so the actual IE 6 traffic might be even lesser.
IE 6 will never really die. there will always be someone someplace on a low end PC that will have to used IE 6. For one too many people dont care for IE7 encluding myself. As saint michael said maybe 2 years. But will bet my last credit that someone will be using it 5 or 10 yrs down the road. Myself I know people that still use and love IE 5.5, so I have to say it will never truely die.
Download Here It passed the Acid 2 Test, and although it did better then IE6 or IE7 in the acide
3 test 17/100 is still pretty bad. Strangely enough though, Internet explorer has destroy several
sites, such as trap when trying to post a new top, and alignment issues in yahoo and even in
part's of Microsoft's website. But to give you an actual taste I break the browser in
several key points to see what Internet Explorer 8 team need to fix before final release. Look
Nothing has change really, added some things like the rendering mode which at this p....
I just saw this article today and I find it very interesting and also wondering whats going on as
well. ITs been awhile since I first heard about Internet Explorer 8 is coming out, can't find
that post, but from what this blog is saying IE should already have a beta version of this explorer
out, but so far nothing has come out for that nor bug reporting for internet explorer 7 as well.
However, I see one thing about this though and that is everyone knows internet explorer is the most
hacked browser in the world, and from my line of thinking is that they are eithe....
hi, im having an issue.. i have a window stuck in my desktop and i can't get rid of it.. i
can't see the toolbar at the top to exit out and i have restarted the computer but it will not
go away. its stuck right there. how can i get rid of it? or is ther way to move it down?? its not a
full screen window.. its only like 1/3.....
OPERA more fast! TORRENT support! and like more cools! /wink.gif"
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more information. One-liners are generally considered Spam. ....
Where I work we've been told not to upgrade from Explorer 6 to 7 because some of our in-house
programs wont run on it! This made me reluctant to upgrade my personal PC. Are there any known
problems with the new version? If I upgrade & don't like it, can I easily go back to Explorer 6?
Thanks for any tips! ....
Well, Microsoft has just released Windows Internet Explorer 7 (note that MSIE is no more, it is
now WIE /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> ). What
are your opinions about the new IE, if you have tried it? Is it better than Opera or Firefox?
Personally, I think it is better than MSIE 6, and pretty much the same thing as FX, but I still miss
features that are integrated into Opera, such as a mail client, IRC client and mouse gestures. There
is also a major change when rendering web sites: The text is anti-aliased. Personall....
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,...,1776290,00.asp QUOTE Sources say that IE
7.0–which is code-named "Rincon," they hear–will be a tabbed browser. IE 7.0 will feature IDN
(international domain name) support; transparent PNG (Portable Network Graphics) support, which will
allow for the display of overlaid images in the browser; and new functionality that will simplify
printing from inside IE 7.0, partner sources said. The new browser also likely will include a
built-in news aggregator. (Coincidentally, or perhaps not, MSN just began testing a new Micros....
I see as firefox as my main choice but its really up to you on what you choose: Firefox is an
open-source (Wired mag) Internet browser, thought up by a 18 year old (completed when 19) after many
frustrations with Internet explorer. It has a built in pop up blocker that has never once fail me,
and is 100% skinnable. It includes TABS, which is a fature that lets you see more than one page in
one window. Because of its new scent, noone has bagan to look for a way to deliver viruses thrrough
the browser. It has promoted its service by Spreadfirefox.com, which gives of webba....
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