I see your point, although on my main site (3500 regular members,
monthly pageviews of around 75,000) we've seen a steady drop in IE
use. We are slightly skewwed since we cater to a specific 17-26 age
group in the UK, and the younger ones especially tend to have
computers that are new within the last 2 years. But grabbing our
analytics for the past month;
IE - 38.48%
Firefox - 29.65%
Safari - 16.22% (inc iPhone)
Chrome - 13.64%
Opera - 1.19%
Of the IE users, 30.7% are not using version 8 (most of those are
using 7). So basically only around 12% of our total users are not
using a modern browser. Our view is that we will not compromise the
experience for the other ~90% to accomodate them when they could
easily update in under 5 minutes.
We were concerned this policy might hurt our user numbers, but infact
found it had the opposite effect. By improving the user experience, we
have provided a platform that is better than our competitors who are
pegged back by trying to support IE6. We also get far fewer queries/
complaints about the site not working. Furthermore, because we have a
mainly re-visiting member audience we have been able to promote the
uptake of new browsers within this group - improving both their online
experience and security.
At any rate, its a matter of personal preference clearly and I didn't
want to hijack this with an essay - but wanted to add some context and
data to my early commments.
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