Browsers
Good news, everyone! Microsoft Internet Explorer continues to lose browser market share, while Firefox and Safari gain points. IE fell below 70%, in fact, while Firefox broke 20% and Safari approaches 8%.
Better news: those who use IE have mostly moved to version 7 (47% of all users), although still too many people are using version 6 (now 20%, dropped from 30% a year ago). Seriously people, if you have to use IE, lose version 6 already–it is literally the worst browser you could be using. It fails to recognize too much of the current coding standards, has very few modern features, and is a security nightmare. But mostly, it makes coding web pages incredibly frustrating, and more and more web authors are simply leaving IE6 users in the cold.
IE fell below 70%, in fact, while Firefox broke 20% and Safari approaches 8%.
None of this, of course, will cause most banks to recognize that there are browsers other than IE and Netscape. 😉
…still too many people are using version 6 (now 20%, dropped from 30% a year ago)…
Well, thanks to the way Microsoft designs its browser, I’m sure there are more than a few people who do not have the option of upgrading to version 7. At my office, for example, the company-standard operating system is still Windows 2000; which leaves no choice but to use version 6. (Actually, I use Firefox almost exclusively, but that’s because Mozilla goes to the trouble to make its current software compatible with older OSes, which Microsoft does not.)