Comments on: Will Yahoo’s and eBay’s “optimised for” versions of IE8 help it spread more rapidly and finally replace IE6? http://voirol.com/blog/2009/04/22/will-yahoos-and-ebays-optimised-for-versions-of-ie8-help-it-spread-more-rapidly-and-finally-replace-ie6/ thoughts on user experience, online strategy and social media Thu, 06 May 2010 20:22:07 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bruce Stoner http://voirol.com/blog/2009/04/22/will-yahoos-and-ebays-optimised-for-versions-of-ie8-help-it-spread-more-rapidly-and-finally-replace-ie6/comment-page-1/#comment-4818 Bruce Stoner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:40:07 +0000 http://voirol.com/blog/2009/04/22/will-yahoos-and-ebays-optimised-for-versions-of-ie8-help-it-spread-more-rapidly-and-finally-replace-ie6/#comment-4818 Internet Explorer 8 seems to be better than any previous version of IE. IE8 is very stable and rarely crashes or cause blue screens. ````` Internet Explorer 8 seems to be better than any previous version of IE. IE8 is very stable and rarely crashes or cause blue screens.
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]]> By: Ben http://voirol.com/blog/2009/04/22/will-yahoos-and-ebays-optimised-for-versions-of-ie8-help-it-spread-more-rapidly-and-finally-replace-ie6/comment-page-1/#comment-2774 Ben Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:28:23 +0000 http://voirol.com/blog/2009/04/22/will-yahoos-and-ebays-optimised-for-versions-of-ie8-help-it-spread-more-rapidly-and-finally-replace-ie6/#comment-2774 Anyway IE6 is not going to go away . Most people who use Windows NEVER upgrade anything until they buy a new computer. And laggards aren't interested in buying new technology. Think your parents or grand parents. eg current Market Share IE 5 0.07% IE 6 17% IE 7 41% IE 8 15% It is likely that the IE 7 people will upgrade ( as most of them had to upgrade as IE 6 comes with XP) . The laggards will never upgrade and prob not even know what download is. And 15% market share is too much to ignore. We can however ignore IE 5 now. Also ACID 3 is a BAD test at it doesnt show the importance of features ( you can say its compliant or NOT) you could prob get a 10% rating and render better than another browser who gets a 90% rating . Eg the FF legend rendering is terrible and its v important. BTW i cant see the textboxes on your web site ;-( ( Using FF 3.5) Anyway IE6 is not going to go away . Most people who use Windows NEVER upgrade anything until they buy a new computer. And laggards aren’t interested in buying new technology. Think your parents or grand parents.

eg current Market Share
IE 5 0.07%
IE 6 17%
IE 7 41%
IE 8 15%

It is likely that the IE 7 people will upgrade ( as most of them had to upgrade as IE 6 comes with XP) . The laggards will never upgrade and prob not even know what download is. And 15% market share is too much to ignore. We can however ignore IE 5 now.

Also ACID 3 is a BAD test at it doesnt show the importance of features ( you can say its compliant or NOT) you could prob get a 10% rating and render better than another browser who gets a 90% rating . Eg the FF legend rendering is terrible and its v important.

BTW i cant see the textboxes on your web site ;-( ( Using FF 3.5)

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