Why are we still using IE6?

Many people say that Internet Explorer 6 is a nightmare for developers, because some of the well-designed web pages that appear on IE 6 look bad, in addition, IE 6 does not support the rendering of png images in a gray area), and there are many security issues in IE 6. Now IE8 has been released, but an interesting topic is: Internet Explorer 6 is so bad. Why are many of us still using it? Chris Coyier expressed his views on this issue in his blog:

Internet Explorer 6 is always a hot topic. Its CSS support is very problematic, and JavaScript support is also inexplicable. Some of the arguments about it have been escalated a while ago, because many companies no longer support IE 6, including Apple's MobileMe, 37 signals, and WordPress.com, indicating that 25% of browser users still use IE 6, if this number is reduced to 10%, WordPress.com will no longer support IE 6.

1, they have to use IE 630%)

I often hear people say that Internet Explorer 6 is used because the browser on their computers was originally Internet Explorer 6 and they cannot change it. It is also slow for large companies to change their browsers. I am not a security expert, but I think IE 7 is a safer browser, so large companies may change the browser from IE 6 to IE 7, but it will undoubtedly cost a lot of manpower and time, but will not benefit much, especially when the web is not the company's core business.

Some people use Internet Explorer 6 because some websites only support Internet Explorer 6 or declare that Internet Explorer 6 is supported. Although there are fewer and fewer websites, this still affects people's choice.

2, because their computers are too old 20%)

If they use Windows 2000, IE 6 is the most popular browser in the operating system, let alone ME and Windows 98.

3, because they "passively" dislike/don't care about changing the browser 35%)

Here "passively" means that Windows may have been automatically upgraded without their knowledge. But if they don't pay attention to it, they may click "No" and "Cancel" when any dialog window appears prompting for upgrade. Maybe they will be more difficult to upgrade themselves, but they don't know.

If something changes in their operating system, they will take strong measures to restore to the previous version. Geek Squad people once asked their web browser to reply to IE 6 due to casual upgrade of IE 6. People get used to using software in a particular browser, and changing this habit will make them feel uneasy.

4. They do not know there is a better choice of 15%)

The proportion of this part is relatively small. If people decide to have a better choice, they will definitely upgrade to a better browser, but they still don't know where the better is.

5, because they like IE 6.

The proportion of this part is very small. Maybe there are fans of IE 6, but I think the proportion may be 1%.

You will find that there is a commonality between these reasons: we can do very little. Therefore, we should train people to tell them the advantages of better browsers, but more often we are singing poems that no one is willing to listen to) or play the piano. However, we all understand that replacing old things with new products is an unstoppable trend. Maybe one day we will replace IE 7 with new browsers.

1. Added the "one-click Close add-on" function in IE8 browser.
2. New perspectives of mainstream browser market war