Comments on: Is Internet Explorer Dead?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:28:10 +0000

We can never expect IE to die. Microsoft needs it. What we can all do is hope IE8 renders things better than its predecessors.

By: Gino

Gino — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:08:42 +0000

Finally, i heard something about them dropping support for an old version of IE as well. Maybe my post inspired them hahahaha.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:01:00 +0000

internet explorer is nowhere near dead

about a month after you posted this article they released ie 8 beta
which is based off web standards

microsoft is finally catching up

By: Custom T-Shirts

Custom T-Shirts — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:42:34 +0000

Most of my sites have 3 different stylesheets for this specific purpose. IE butchers most of my code. The worst part of my job is browser compatibility testing.

The worst part is that IE is not going anywhere. Ever. As long as it is bundled with windows, we will always have to develop for it.

By: kat

kat — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:24:29 +0000

by the way.. I set up both my parents computers to run on Firefox or else they’d still be using IE. I had my sister switch as well and she’s grateful. Much of the older generation just doesn’t have the tech savvy to know that there are different internet browsers out there so they’re just stick with what little they know or what their computers came with. Shoot..my mom may have still been stuck with AOL if I hadn’t taken her off a few years back. It’s really up to us who know what’s best to teach and assist those who simply don’ know the difference.
I’m also a big fan of Thunderbird which I gladly switched to from Entourage.

By: Gino

Gino — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:55:59 +0000

Thanks for all of your input I think its really interesting to look at these stats. I look forward to seeing if Firefox will continue to spread. I know its very viral via word of mouth, especially with younger people, but IE still has a big edge and is a lot older.

Ill make a post again in 6 months or so so we can compare stats again. In the meantime I guess us web designers will have to deal with the thorn in our butts called IE. =)

By: CssGlance staff

CssGlance staff — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:48:58 +0000

Well, CssGlance January browser stats are:
firefox: 63,35%
IE: 23,06% (IE7: 63,09; IE6: 36,73%)
Safari: 7,53%
Opera: 2,58%

But we have to consider our target made of professional figures.
For other kind of websites, such as institutional ones, IE is still “the King” with reversed percentages.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:44:32 +0000

I run http://www.branchrecords.com and these are numbers. I think it shows that a lot of younger kids are really buying into the mac market. Especially the ones interested in independent music.

Safari 39.20%
Internet Explorer 30.11%
Firefox 30.11%
Netscape 0.57%

By: Loren

Loren — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:14:21 +0000

I was surprised when my grandma and my aunt both had downloaded Firefox. They told me they heard it was ‘faster.’ I don’t know how true that is, but I’m glad they’re using the fox.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:42:28 +0000

My site is website and graphic design-related. I believe it gives a fairly decent idea of what small to medium sized businesses and organizations use.

My stats (Jan 2008) break down like so:

Firefox: 37.9%
IE: 31.8%
(IE6: 15.9%)
(IE7: 15.6%)
Unknown: 29.1%
Safari: 0.2%
Opera: 0.4%

What I find encouraging is that, a year ago, I had to inform clients that there was another browser besides Internet Explorer (or *gasp* Netscape). Now many of my new clients already use Firefox. That makes explaining the importance of web standards much easier.

I would love to not have to spend 90% of my time working out IE6-related issues.