Older versions of IE show a much stronger dropoff in usage over the weekend
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Re: Older versions of IE show a much stronger dropoff in usage over the weekend
#2It would be cool to further break this down by time of day. i.e. look at people who use IE8 from 9-5 on weekdays vs. the weekends. Because I bet nighttime weekday IE8 usage dampens the effect.
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#3Have to agree with conclusion, right now I'm using IE8 and not voluntarily! What's really interessting are the multiple "you are using an old browser" messages you get.
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#4As a non-choice user of IE6, I can confirm that this is annoying.
Especially when articles about old versions of IE don't render in the browser.
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#5I wonder whether the total numbers are significantly lower on the weekends - i.e. if there's a selection bias going on for people who choose to use the internet.
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#6It would be cool to further break this down by time of day. i.e. look at people who use IE8 from 9-5 on weekdays vs. the weekends. Because I bet nighttime weekday IE8 usage dampens the effect.
Timezones are a problem there. Unless you're a hyper-local site, your worldwide visitor numbers will skew anything on a "daily" basis.
For example, my blog is based in the UK but gets a substantial proportion of visits from the USA - which itself has multiple timezones.
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#7The folks I know who use Internet Explorer by choice also don't really use the Internet outside of work.
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#8I think a lot of people just don't know enough to upgrade their browser - I see people using IE9 at work even though we are allowed to install whatever software we want...
IE really needs silent auto-update, and to actually release more often...
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#9The title needs an asterisk. Because I unfortunately have the privilege of knowing an older gentleman that purposely uses IE6 on Windows XP. He calls the concept of tabs useless rubbish. And I'm not talking a regular consumer, I'm talking someone who develops actual software.
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#10It's been my (unfortunate) experience that most enterprise / corporate environments lock down users machines heavily in the name of security. And with that goes the ability of the user to upgrade their browser. Oftentimes the reason is that there are old internal web applications which don't work in newer versions of IE / look rubbish in newer versions of IE. It's a pain. And it looks like the death of XP won't mean the death of IE 8 as many Win 7 shops are resisting the upgrade to IE 9 let alone 10.