Problem is that most big businesses refuse to upgrade to IE8 and sadly thats when most people use the internet (I know all you people stare at facebook when you should be working). Something needs to be done to convince business IT departments that updating web browsers on their servers is a GOOD thing. Then we can build things that will really distract their workers from their jobs without having to introduce a million hacks.
:) On Feb 9, 6:35 am, Bruce Clement <[email protected]> wrote: > One of my sites that attracts a few hundred visits each month from > the non-technically astute shows IE-6 and IE-8 nearly neck and neck > with IE 7 25% behind (unretouched top 5 cut-and paste from Piwik > below) > > Unfortunately non-techies are a valuable resource ... they tend to > click ads and buy things so we have to humour their bad choices. > > Bruce > > Visits > Internet Explorer 6.0Internet Explorer 6.0 259 > Internet Explorer 8.0Internet Explorer 8.0 245 > Internet Explorer 7.0Internet Explorer 7.0 185 > Firefox 3.5Firefox 3.5 128 > Firefox 3.0Firefox 3.0 78 > > On 9 February 2010 10:56, Simon J Welsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Where old versions is IE7? If your clients still want IE6 support for new > > projects, I say they really need to move on unless they're targeting people > > who don't upgrade, in which case, charge a premium for the extra > > compatibility. > > -- > Bruce Clement > > When a co-worker said he didn't want his kids getting the H1N1 vaccine > because it was too new and "they haven't tested it enough", I blurted > out something like, "So you'd rather test a new and poorly understood > virus on them instead?" > > I'm not entirely proud of fighting vague and irrational fear of the > unknown by invoking vague and irrational fear of the unknown, but I > think it did make an impression. > > Petréa Mitchell -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
