Upgrade your browsers!

Published: March 31, 2008, 4:23 pm

Tags: internet, software, web browsers, web developers

WHICH BROWSER DO you use when you surf the ‘Net? Chances are, it’s Internet Explorer, because most of us use Windows, and this browser comes bundled with Microsoft’s operating system. Here’s a breakdown of browser usage all over the world (Jan.-Feb.2008 figures. Source: TechCrunch): IE6 IE7 Firefox Safari Mozilla Others Feb ‘08 22.0% 30.7% 36.5% 2.0% 1.1% 7.7% Jan ‘08 32.0% 21.2% 36.4% 1.9% 1.3% 7.2% Internet Explorer (“IE”) is now on version 7. And I must say––without prejudice against the other browsers––it’s a huge improvement over its previous release. But there’s a problem here: too many people are still using Interne Explorer 6 (“IE6”). If you take a look at the table above, more than a fifth of Internet users around the world are still stuck at version 6. Why is this a problem? Well, my dear readers, it’s causing tremendous stress among Webmasters and Web

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