"Here is where the browsers policy of rapid release auto updates could help by getting the code out there and widely deployed quickly so that maybe in a year 99% of the clients are compatible and you can move forward."
That will not happen, not even in 3 years. I've been building "webapplications" (among other things) for over 10 years.
Certain companies have only recently upgraded from IE6 to IE7.
Posted Dec 31, 2011 3:50 UTC (Sat) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)
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It's already happening. MS has already stated that they are making IE an auto-update item so I expect IE6 usage to drop precipitiously. IE6 is kind of a special, historical, case. New browsers have switched or will switch to an auto update system so that old versions won't hang around long.
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Posted Dec 31, 2011 15:17 UTC (Sat) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641)
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1. I mentioned 3 years, because of atleast IE6, IE7, IE8 to be banned from the public Internet. Probably (a lot ?) more.
2. Microsoft not only added auto update, they also added a really easy switch to turn it off at businesses. It isn't the home users which are the IE6 problem.
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Posted Jan 4, 2012 5:50 UTC (Wed) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)
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Actually its better than I thought, IE6 usage in the US and much of Europe has fallen below 1%, the only thing propping up the total numbers is the vast number of pirated WinXP in China that doesn't get updates.