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Corporate IT Just Won't Let IE6 Die

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-arms-bloody-off dept.

alphadogg writes "Security experts, industry analysts, and even Microsoft recommend that IT departments upgrade Internet Explorer 6, yet new research shows that while there may have recently been a mock funeral for the aging browser, IE6 is still around and doing well, especially during standard business hours." The article says that they are seeing 6-13% peaking during business hours. Around here we see less than 1.5% IE6, but since we see only 10% IE in general, I imagine we're just lucky.

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  1. My plate is pretty full right now... by stillpixel · · Score: 5, Informative

    but I'm working on it! The only way to get Corporate/Management off of IE6 is to fix any web apps you have in your organization that won't work on anything but that.

    1. Re:My plate is pretty full right now... by Nadaka · · Score: 4, Informative

      You are being over optimistic about compatibility mode. It isn't identical to what it is supposed to emulate.

  2. We still see 22% by ducomputergeek · · Score: 4, Informative

    22% of all hits to our site are from IE6, but IE 6 users still account for something like 40% of all orders (i.e. revenue) for the site. And anytime we break anything with IE6 we hear about it quickly. This is down from about 45% of all browser hits and nearly 60% of all orders last year.

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