News - IE6 finally starts to fade away

[HEXUS]

Legacy browser drops below five per cent market share, as IE8 rallies.

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[Flash477]

Well hopefully as everyone stops coding for IE6 compatability then they will have no choice but to move on.

I would imagine that the majority of IE6 browsers still in use are for old web based stuff rather than for proper usage

[Singh400]

I would imagine that the majority of IE6 browsers still in use are for old web based stuff rather than for proper usage

More likely for places like *cough*NHS*cough* that heavily rely on IE6 and it's crappy engine for patient critical apps...

[Irien]

Sadly, I doubt IE9 won't have any impact on this at all, really. IE6 was the default browser in WinXP, IE7 in Vista, and IE8 in Win7 (if memory serves). I don't *think* it was possible to downgrade? Since IE9 is limited to Vista and higher, the only people affected will already be on IE7 or 8.

This is why, if MS was serious about getting people off IE6, IE9 would still support XP. The very fact it isn't shows that MS is far more interested in selling W7 than tackling the security implications of legacy browsers. I suspect it is a much harder "sell" to convince a business to upgrade the entire OS, than to update a browser.

But, as people have said, legacy web applications which only run on older IE versions are a flippin nightmare. Even in the consumer marketplace, HP printer dependencies on IE prior to 7 can be a regular pain in the backside!