Comments on: Is IE5 Dead? https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/ Useful Resources For Webmasters Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-1672 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:32:42 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-1672 @Dave

Well, congratulations on still having a PC running Win98. I haven’t had one that lasted more than 2yrs so far (except a Win98se box that’s been relegated to a corner of a back room). If it works for you, great.

I find it odd that you “use the hosts file to block out websites such as google-analytics.” Why? Google Analytics does nothing but log that an anonymous visitor accessed the site, and some statistics about them, such as what browser you use. In fact, you’re contributing to the demise of IE5 support, since webmasters can’t tell that you (an IE5 user) are viewing their sites, skewing the numbers of IE5-ers. I can see blocking AdSense, but why Analytics?

]]> By: dave https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-1669 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:36:08 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-1669 Great article. I use Win98se, AMD Duron 1200MHz, with ie5.5.

I have Zonealarm Pro to block out the java/advert/viruses/websites and use the hosts file to block out websites such as google-analytics.

I find ie5.5 to be the most stable browser, its very quick, and I can access bookmarks readily, which I cannot in Firefox since it almost stalls the PC geting them. I did use ie6 briefly but found it annoying and less stable.

Since I have little use for annoying Flash, Java, Pop-ups and other adverts ie5.5 suits me best.

]]> By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-972 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:29:56 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-972 Yeah. My attitude towards IE5 is pretty much “you can view the content okay, just don’t expect it to look good.” You can read WSC fine in IE5, but there’s an issue with the sidebar (it appears down below the content instead of where it belongs). I don’t have many IE5 users, and everything else looks fine, so it’s not really worth the time to fix it (I think would have to deal with IE conditionals and things to avoid breaking it in other browsers).

]]> By: Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-971 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:26:20 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-971 IE5 is a terminal patient. It will eventually die, but since we all, web professionals, want it to die as soon as possible we can also give it a little push.

Every user is important and your content should not be denied to anyone, yet, you can degrade (and not adapt) your site to fit this kind of browser.

The content will still available, but you don’t have to
 work for days and limit your work to suit the needs of our soon-will-be-dead
 friend, you just don’t need to deliver your site on full splendor.

]]> By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-948 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:55:42 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-948 Well, that sucks (about IE8 using the IE7 rendering engine).

Judging by your stats, and mine, IE5 is definitely a minority, and it’s not quite dead yet, but it’s getting there. And IE4, whoa! I mean… Heck, my timeline doesn’t go back that far…

You have playstation portable users? Cool. It must be hard to browse the web using triangle, square, “x,” and circle buttons though. :D

]]> By: Tony https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-946 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:54:03 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-946 Over the last 30 days I’ve had 30,000 visitors, including 20 (0.06%) IE5 users and 1 (0.003%) IE4 (!) user. Together they are about on par with user agents that identify themselves as “Playstation Portable”.

@Matt — I hear that IE8 will be using IE7’s rendering engine by default :(

]]> By: Yes, IE5 is Dead Already! https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-940 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:42:57 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-940 […] Matt Harzewski of Webmaster-Source asks if Internet Explorer 5 is dead, and does a nice little bullet list of things that have happened since 1998 (which is funny since IE5 launched in 1999, which he also notes). […]

]]> By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-938 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:20:58 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-938 Agreed. It’s nearly as buggy as IE5, and I’ve been having to deal with its “features” all too often lately. I won’t really mind IE much once it’s fairly standards compliant, so hurry up with IE8!

]]> By: Cicco https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-937 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:24:20 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/02/26/is-ie5-dead/#comment-937 Let us hope also IE6 will be dead quickly… :)

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