Comments on: How Much Longer Will IE Last?

By: Vance Three

Vance Three — Thu, 18 May 2023 02:34:00 +0000

However, it's important to note that this response is based on information available up to September 2021, and there may have been further developments since then. | Columbus Drywall Pros

By: Vance Three

Vance Three — Thu, 18 May 2023 02:33:00 +0000

According to Columbus Drywall Pros, Microsoft has officially announced the retirement of Internet Explorer. They have been encouraging users to switch to their more modern browser, Microsoft Edge, which offers improved compatibility, performance, and security.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:04:48 +0000

But how practical will it be if it doesn't work? I'm betting that, if a large enough number of large sites were in on it, it would be possible to force users into upgrading from IE. Stop supporting Microsoft's broken browser and display messages recommending an upgrade to a superior solution.

If people simply can't access YouTube, Facebook, etc., they will upgrade.

By: The Net Fool

The Net Fool — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:50:10 +0000

I think that this entire article is severely over-estimating the willingness of an average computer user to switch their browser. The verdict? Internet Explorer will continue to be popular into the future, so long as Microsoft continues to offer it as a practical browser.

Cash wins. Mozilla loses.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:59:43 +0000

If Microsoft would just drop legacy IE support, and go fully standards-compliant, they could force those apps to be updated. Problem solved. They have no obligation to support things like that, or to support older version of their software. They could do it.

If browsers all rendered pages correctly (looking towards IE, of course) then it wouldn't matter if people used IE or not, and there wouldn't be any of that "we only support IE" crap.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:55:17 +0000

Perhaps it's time to break the internet for IE then?

By: Moisezito

Moisezito — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:56:17 +0000

Average users go on IE just because it is simple to use and it's free. Just figuring out the way to use any other browser may seem time consuming and eventful, which they cannot just afford. Even when IE does not work properly they might suspect some trouble and call for support from an immediate relative or friend. Some people just don't know any different and just go along with something that just works, in this case IE, whichever version they currently use, and are only up for an upgrade when the situation requires them to do so. Upgrading from a previous version to a newer one has been kind of the name of the game, and they have accommodated such changes. How long will it be until they adopt IE 8.0, who knows! They might as well stick to something that works. Just like Murphy's Law, "if it's not broken, don' fix it…!" type of deal.

By: Dan B. Lee

Dan B. Lee — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:22:28 +0000

Sometimes I find myself immersed in design and using the web from home so much that I forget how many businesses out there exist. I look towards the peers that I communicate with on the internet each day and believe for some reason that we make a good sized foot print in internet trends. But then I go to my day job, a Network Administrator for a financial firm where I sit a cube and support thousands of servers in a variety of different ways, each one catering a specific task to thousands and thousands of people. And what do these people use? Internet Explorer.

Why? Because Windows comes with it by default. Why else? Because the home grown apps that companies like mine depend on continue to thrive and do just fine with each deployment of a new Internet Explorer version. And because its much easier to say "Internet Explorer is mandatory. We do not support our product on any other browser."

You've made some great points, although Internet Explorer is here to stay. The advancements that each version brings us, good or bad, are mostly for an industry outside of ours. And when they have more than 23 of the market on their side its going to be difficult to convince them to listen to the little guy.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:32:59 +0000

Could it be that conditional comments such as are delivering the wrong stylesheets for a now "fixed" IE8?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:33:43 +0000

The stats you pulled from W3Schools may be slightly misleading — if you look at the verbiage toward the bottom of that page you'll note that W3Schools is not listing statistics for the entire web, just their website, and therefore doesn't address the average user. We the developers, designers, etc., that tend to use Firefox are also the ones that tend to use W3Schools, rather than the average user who does neither.