Comments on: IE8 Automatic Update Starting Soon

By: ziplok

ziplok — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:50:23 +0000

Good thing almost all my sites are Wordpress 2.7.1!

By: Craig Buckler

Craig Buckler — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:54:46 +0000

@AussieJohn

I also suspect Craig writes a lot of articles involving IE6 because he likes getting lots of comments :-P

The article’s about IE8!
But yes, discussion comments are healthy!

By: Banhawi

Banhawi — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:56:59 +0000

The start of IE6 end

By: cranial-bore

cranial-bore — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:09:42 +0000

Once IE8 has broader adoption it will be more reasonable for designers and sites to have a word in the ear of IE6 users, as they will be using a browser TWO major versions out of date (with many years between versions).
The “Please Update” notices on websites should have a bit more authority then.

By: cgntoonartist

cgntoonartist — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:31:37 +0000

I think the trick is to “TELL EVERYONE” ( clients, friends, and family ) to upgrade their browsers and also tell them to “spread the word”. We also must get them excited about the benefits of upgrading to IE7 or IE8. If people get excited about upgrading, and they understand the benefits, they will definitely upgrade.

The only people that will probably hang on to IE6 for a little longer are people that are on an Intranet that only works well with IE6 and people with OLD computers. But no big deal, we should be able to see IE6 drop to less than 10% in usage very soon.

We just need to do our part to promote the update and to educate people so that they get excited about the move.

As developers we also have to take a stand and say “I will no longer support IE6 – period!” I understand that there are some special circumstances that some of us will still need to take IE6 into consideration, but most of the time, we can decide that IE6 is no more.

Cheers!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:24:03 +0000

I think the trick is to “TELL EVERYONE” to upgrade their browsers and also tell them to spread the word. We also must get them excited about the benefits of upgrading to IE7 or IE8. I think that if people get excited about upgrading and they understand the benefits, they will definitely upgrade.

The only people that will probably hang on to IE6 a little more are people that are on an Intranet that only works well with IE6 and people with OLD computers. But no big deal. We should be able to see IE6 drop to less than 10% in usage soon.

We just need to do our part to promote the update and to educate people so that they get excited about the move.

By: NetNerd85

NetNerd85 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:37:39 +0000

It seems a lot of clients using IE6 don’t have automatic updates on and don’t know how to update their PC.

One of my favourite lines from the IT Crowd comes to mind “…the button turns it on…”

By: webdever

webdever — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:28:02 +0000

Most end-users will most likely upgrade to IE8, because there is no reason not to. They want the best browsing experience and you can be sure that the websites they visit will work with IE8.

It’s the corporate networks that have consistently failed to update their web applications that are keeping IE6 alive. Since there are lots of employees on these networks, locked in to IE6, accessing the Internet at work, the market share remains something that continues to be supported.

Unfortunately, upgrading web application can be very expensive and it simply doesn’t make sense to “fix” an application if it’s not broken. Given the current financial climate, I doubt many companies will spring to upgrade in the near future.

IE6 will ultimately die when corporations upgrade their networks with Vista or Windows 7.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:21:50 +0000

This will not make a huge difference, I suspect. Many of the corporate environments that stuck with IE6 when IE7 came out will do the same now. I’m stuck with supporting IE6 for the foreseeable future.

By: AussieJohn

AussieJohn — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:15:32 +0000

I also suspect Craig writes a lot of articles involving IE6 because he likes getting lots of comments :-P