IE6 Must Die – More than a trending Twitter topic – 5 Facts to upgrade now!

August 7, 2009 – 9:17 am | by matt

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A sentiment that we have shared for some time now, was a trending topic on Twitter for a while. Millions of tweets labeld ‘IE6 Must Die’ had flooded the Twitter network, in hopes that many site owners will concur, and Windows users will upgrade their browsers finally. First, a little Internet Explorer facts:

  1. Internet Explorer 6 was released and bundled with Windows XP in August of 2001, eight years ago. At this point, it made up almost 80% of browser usage.
  2. Internet Explorer 7, the next generation to replace IE6, was released in October 2006, three years ago, and made up 30-40% of web browser market share.
  3. Internet Explorer 8, was released May 2009.

W3Schools, the leading source of web standards, has detailed statistics about browser usage over the last five years or so. According to W3Schools, who by the way will not be supporting IE6 on their next website launch.

A fact about a modern browsers: Currently, modern browsers like Firefox 3.0 and other open source browsers are seeing almost 50% of browser market share.

Now, on to the top five reasons why you need to upgrade your browser to a more modern browser:

  1. Designers and web developers must spend lots of extra hours programming for your antiquated browser, thus costing their clients more cash and over expended resources.
  2. Major websites like YouTube and Digg have announced the end of IE6 support. So many other small and large sites will immediately follow suit.
  3. Technology, media, and content management have change dramatically in the last 9 years. As more features become available, the more older browsers become less compatible, because of their antiquated architecture.
  4. Important security holes have been patched in more recent browsers. Keep your data and browsing experience safe.
  5. Rich media drives the user experience on the web; Java, Flash and other web media services will be faster, and more compatible with a more modern browser.

Upgrade your browser now! Here are the links to upgrade:

Chrome (PC):
http://www.google.com/chrome/

Internet Explorer 8 (PC):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx

Safari (Mac/PC):
http://www.apple.com/safari/

FireFox (Mac/PC):
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html

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