http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/state_of_the_br_1.html#more
_State of the Browsers IE edition_ "Basically, IE6 will continue to exist when IE7 has all but disappeared, and, contrary to what you might expect, this situation will create exciting opportunities for Microsofts competitors." ... The point I found interesting was how corporate dependency on intranet applications that only work on IE6 could be working to the detriment of the IE browser overall. The argument basically goes that a lot of intranet applications where developed during the IE6 heyday of 2000-2005. As such, either through a conscious decision or programmer laziness, these applications where written such that they only work on IE6. Since these applications are still 'working' just fine and would be very expensive for corporations to upgrade so that they work on newer browsers, even IE7 or IE8, these companies are just going to keep using IE6 for as long time into the future. But as more and more public internet applications realize that only daytime office workers are using IE6 and start creating more and more web applications that will no longer work properly with that ancient and deficient browser. This will lead to a future where general office workers will need at least two browsers, just like us. Since there is no *official* way to install more then one version of an IE browser on a desktop computer, conservative, cooperate IT sys administrators will be very likely to install one of the other modern browsers as a second browser -- rather then use any of the unofficial ways to include multiple IE browsers on a system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298666 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
