IE6 usage is highest in Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, China...
places where internet cafes are popular. The #1 reason why IE6 is still around is locked down terminals that cannot be updated. Just go to your local library and try changing the screen resolution to the nativ res of the attached monitor. You may even have the same problem in your place of business or school.
Edit: I'm using the Internet Explore 9 beta right now, and I'm proud of it.
If I'm using IE anything, it's a sad day for me regarding internet usage.
I use Firefox 3.6-something because (with my chosen add-ons) it works decently, but more importantly, has an excellent interface with tab colors and organization, for example. Nevertheless, I feel like Firefox 3.0 has been rather sluggish and bloated compared to version 2.0.
Chrome's my backup for speed, but I honestly dislike the comparatively barren (simple, woopity doo!) interface and the top-mounted tabs. With the later point in mind, Firefox 4.0 (Beta) can shove off until I know there is alternative configuration because I could just use Chrome if I wanted that.
Older IE models would likely make me throw things...
Don't be put off by the 4.0 beta, the top mounted tabs and new "Firefox button" thingy threw me off at first too, it only takes a couple minutes to get things to your tastes. They changed up the UI in the new version, it happens.
I was going to post a screenshot of my setup but it seems I've forgotten my login info for my image hosting..
Anyway if you right-click on the toolbar uncheck "tabs on top" and hey presto! Your tabs are back where they belong, similarly check or uncheck the selection "Menu Bar" to switch between the new one button setup and the old "File, Edit, View etc" menus.
You can also click "Customize" and from here you may drag and drop any button/toolbar/item you so choose and either move it to your tastes or banish it to the hidden customization menu.
You can add a new toolbar to the bottom, sides, wherever you please. You can pretty much rearrange the whole deal.
(Also there's those sweet personas)
The little star icon next to my open tabs is my bookmark menu, I like my simplistic setup
Once it's out of Beta, in any case, your add-ons should be brought up to date so you can continue to use your browser of choice to your liking
Thank you friend! I was afraid Mozilla went overboard Chrome-mode, but that is very reassuring.
Is it any faster or better at multi-tasking? I'm still going to wait a bit until some of my favorite add-ons are compatible because I can't go without a session manager now for accidental exit-outs or crashes.
This talk now has me thinking back about IE6... not add-on glory? No comparable customization? No thanks... Microsoft killing that is not some crime like trying to kill XP with Vista. *shudders*
IE6 still has a share because much of the world's web browsing is done at work, and lazy IT guys refuse to let employees install modern browsers on their work machines. Way back when people thought that this shitty browser was going to be around forever, idiot programmers wrote commercial web-apps that work with IE6 and nothing else. Now they're locked in, because most of those programmers have gone on to other fields and are no longer around to upgrade the godawful software, so people are still stuck using IE6.
There are also, of course, the people who don't know what a browser is and think the blue 'e' on their desktop is the button that turns on the internet.
If I'm using IE anything, it's a sad day for me regarding internet usage.
I use Firefox 3.6-something because (with my chosen add-ons) it works decently, but more importantly, has an excellent interface with tab colors and organization, for example. Nevertheless, I feel like Firefox 3.0 has been rather sluggish and bloated compared to version 2.0.
Chrome's my backup for speed, but I honestly dislike the comparatively barren (simple, woopity doo!) interface and the top-mounted tabs. With the later point in mind, Firefox 4.0 (Beta) can shove off until I know there is alternative configuration because I could just use Chrome if I wanted that.
Older IE models would likely make me throw things...
Don't be put off by the 4.0 beta, the top mounted tabs and new "Firefox button" thingy threw me off at first too, it only takes a couple minutes to get things to your tastes. They changed up the UI in the new version, it happens.
I was going to post a screenshot of my setup but it seems I've forgotten my login info for my image hosting..
Anyway if you right-click on the toolbar uncheck "tabs on top" and hey presto! Your tabs are back where they belong, similarly check or uncheck the selection "Menu Bar" to switch between the new one button setup and the old "File, Edit, View etc" menus.
You can also click "Customize" and from here you may drag and drop any button/toolbar/item you so choose and either move it to your tastes or banish it to the hidden customization menu.
You can add a new toolbar to the bottom, sides, wherever you please. You can pretty much rearrange the whole deal.
(Also there's those sweet personas)
The little star icon next to my open tabs is my bookmark menu, I like my simplistic setup
Once it's out of Beta, in any case, your add-ons should be brought up to date so you can continue to use your browser of choice to your liking
Thank you friend! I was afraid Mozilla went overboard Chrome-mode, but that is very reassuring.
Is it any faster or better at multi-tasking? I'm still going to wait a bit until some of my favorite add-ons are compatible because I can't go without a session manager now for accidental exit-outs or crashes.
This talk now has me thinking back about IE6... not add-on glory? No comparable customization? No thanks... Microsoft killing that is not some crime like trying to kill XP with Vista. *shudders*
No problem, like I said, I had similar feelings to your own but they were quashed soon after.
I'm over my download cap at the moment so I can't comment on speed (I get cut to 1/10th of my connection speed when over, it's awful)
I do recall benchmark figures shown on the Mozilla page after I downloaded the Beta, supposedly it's x amount of times faster than x
I can't find the page but it claimed to be the fastest version yet (Which has little meaning in the oversaturated technological world of today).
I've never had any issues with Firefox slowing down under heavy use, I often run 10+ tabs at a time, video included and it doesn't stutter or lock up. Also, for a beta I've not had any problems with it in over a week, 6-8 hours a day. My browser use is pretty much based entirely on personal preference, except when it comes to IE, I've still got IE8 installed and whenever some noxious thing decides to load something in it it takes an age to start up.
It can pretty much go die in a fire[footnote]Apologies to anyone who has lost a browser to a fire, I meant no harm[/footnote]
EDIT
I have got to stop solving things right AFTER I post!
Here's the link:[link]http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/features/[/link]
Supposedly it's 3-5x faster than the latest 3.6
The reason many companies are still using older versions of IE is simply money. As long as it still runs they are not gonna rewrite their applications, because it would cost them money.
I would never though that something like this would really matter but from what I read here it seems like a lot of people and even some escapist users use IE... All I got to say WOW... I would never imagine so much people would use IE. No offence guys I just simply don't like it.
The worst part is that some computers at my school still use the Internet Explorer without the gold ring. What is that, IE1? Feels like it. Damn thing doesn't support anything, including Google Docs.
...I'm a little surprised by a lot of these responses...
As far as I'm concerned, IE6 was the best browser Microsoft ever put out. It was light, stable, and it still supports all of the code you can find out there.
Not that I use it. Chrome does all of the same things plus plugins and tabs.
In the case of China, most people are not computer savvy AT ALL. They use it to chat, watch movies, songs etc etc. But the computer security is almost non existent or with big back doors built in. People don't 'push' themselves and are basically unaware of Firefox, Chorme. These products don't advertise here much.
I'm currently working for a British Government department, the job market is crap ok - I don't like working for the Tories either, and they still use IE6.
In fact IE6 was the only browser available on the systems my department use, until last month when Firefox was added. Still, you have to use IE6 to access a few specific applications - including a database of every single British citizens personal data.
Because you know, IE6 is just wonderful for security!
We are only allowed to use Firefox for web browsing on breaks or for research. I'm glad this contract ends this month.
switched from IE7 to Chrome in January, and have never looked back. Firefox works really awkward and i would say its the more technical browser ive seen, whereas Chrome is piss-simple and works great.
Whenever I'm infront of a computer the first thing I do is update Internet explorer. Regular people lack such knowledge of the advantages of tabs and all the other functions that comes from updated Internet explorer and even other browser systems. I don't knock anybody for not knowing it though. There are many rules that bind computers from being tampered with even if it's system updates. Also people are afraid of the computer. experimentation with computer software is like messing with an atom bomb to the uninitiated.
I'm going to make so much money from people like them.
People seem to think that China and other countries still use the browser because the people are dumb. Excuse me while I go outside and scream at the heavens at the ethnocentrism of that *walks out* *distant shouts* *comes back* thank you.
China has quiet a lot of people using old technology because its cheap or they can't access new technology as well as that whole censorship thing. I wonder how this factors into these numbers? I also wonder how cultural traditions and values factor into a possible reluctant to change. Unless Microsoft launches a team of sociologist or anthropologist in China to investigate I doubt if there website is going to do anything since there must be some deeper root to this non-sense then just dumb or lazy people. On top of that, why doesn't Microsoft just drop support? Are they worried that they might offend someone or offending there customers? Do they really think the guy using IE 6 is a big spender or something? If you drop support they'll change or die. It's that simple.
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