On 14/11/2014 18:01, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> Mason83 wrote:
>
>> On 12/11/2014 18:27, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>
>>> And the OP should probably ask Verizon for the correct settings. Of
>>> course, tech support may not be helpful because many webmasters assume
>>> that all user systems are configured just as their own systems are --
>>> same version of IE, same default settings, same cookie policies (always
>>> accept all), etc. With that many false assumptions, it's hard to
>>> troubleshoot.
>>
>> What's IE's market share in the USA these days?
>> Assuming a single (probably minority) browser is quite myopic.
>
> Yeah, well, lots of people are myopic. Lots of people smoke, lots of
> people are overweight, lots of people vote for the party opposed to
> mine. ;-)
>
> It's not the best way to go, but it's common enough that any model of
> the real world has to account for it. Almost any assumption about an
> entire population is wrong -- just look at the diversity of opinions and
> practices here in this little forum.
>
> If you're doing tech support, it's easier to learn one set of answers
> and brush everyone else off as "unsupported." Lazy, unhelpful,
> dysfunctional, incompetent... but once again, commonplace.
But it doesn't even make business sense...
When IE6 had 90% market share, it was not unreasonable to ignore
everything else.
But these days, IE is hovering around 33% aggregated, split into
12% for IE11 and 3-5% for IE{8,9,10}
Assuming e.g. IE11 means ignoring 90% of one's user-base...
Regards.
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