Comments on: Dear Viewers Using IE6 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919 microsoft, munging and on being a mercurial iconoclastic professional geek. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thomas Suters http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919/comment-page-1#comment-128493 Thomas Suters Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:18:27 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919#comment-128493 Ratbags website http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/files/about.htm by a skeptic has a breakdown of browsers. IE6-34%, IE7-27%, Firefox-16%, rest in the mud. Of the OS's, XP has 62%, there is obviously no filter for Vespa or whatever the O/S in use now, so I guess it is listed as Others, NT is 10%, Mac 2%. This couldn't possibly be accurate. Still its from a Skeptic rsole? Ratbags website http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/files/about.htm by a skeptic has a breakdown of browsers. IE6-34%, IE7-27%, Firefox-16%, rest in the mud. Of the OS’s, XP has 62%, there is obviously no filter for Vespa or whatever the O/S in use now, so I guess it is listed as Others, NT is 10%, Mac 2%. This couldn’t possibly be accurate. Still its from a Skeptic rsole?

]]> By: Rob Howard http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919/comment-page-1#comment-126519 Rob Howard Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:31:51 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919#comment-126519 My Uni (UTS; yes, it's sad, really) still uses IE 6 across all its lab and lectern computers. The IT department lives in the Dark Ages. It's kind of sad, coming from a TAF... Err, University of "Technology". My Uni (UTS; yes, it’s sad, really) still uses IE 6 across all its lab and lectern computers. The IT department lives in the Dark Ages. It’s kind of sad, coming from a TAF… Err, University of “Technology”.

]]> By: andrew http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919/comment-page-1#comment-125569 andrew Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:02:51 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919#comment-125569 I posit two main groups of users who are delaying the death of IE6: 1. "Mum and Dad" home users. Because IE is tightly integrated with Windows, I think many people have no conception that they are using an application called Internet Explorer, let alone know which version it is; all they see is Teh Interwebs. 2. Corporate and government users with standard, locked-down desktops. These standard environments take literally years to build. Any new application or update can require up to 18 months of integration/sociability testing. And that's not to mention the intranets that are coded to work in IE6 only. Upgrading IE6 to IE7 becomes an expensive and drawn-out exercise, and where is the ROI? Thoughts? I posit two main groups of users who are delaying the death of IE6:

1. “Mum and Dad” home users. Because IE is tightly integrated with Windows, I think many people have no conception that they are using an application called Internet Explorer, let alone know which version it is; all they see is Teh Interwebs.

2. Corporate and government users with standard, locked-down desktops. These standard environments take literally years to build. Any new application or update can require up to 18 months of integration/sociability testing. And that’s not to mention the intranets that are coded to work in IE6 only. Upgrading IE6 to IE7 becomes an expensive and drawn-out exercise, and where is the ROI?

Thoughts?

]]> By: Andrew Smith http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919/comment-page-1#comment-124905 Andrew Smith Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:42:34 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2919#comment-124905 It's less typing to use www.ie7.com Andrew (ducking!) It’s less typing to use http://www.ie7.com

Andrew

(ducking!)

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