Different upgrade mechanisms for browsers

Currently, users can select many different browsers, but many users are not very familiar with the browser upgrade mechanism. Let's start with IE. IE6 is indeed lagging behind the existing browsers in all aspects, but this does not affect the majority of Internet users to continue using IE6 browsers. While Microsoft is actively promoting the upgrade of Internet Explorer 6 users to the new version, Mozilla is also urging Firefox users to Upgrade Firefox 3.6. However, the users of these two browsers are somewhat outdated compared with those of Chrome.

According to the Market Research Institute Royal Pingdom, the success rate of Chrome browser users is 100%. The only difference is that Google adopts the default upgrade mechanism, so there is no need to remind users to upgrade Chrome.

Microsoft does not interfere with IE browser upgrades. The IE team said: "As a technician, We hope people can upgrade to the latest version, we provide users with a very convenient way to upgrade." However, "the final decision to choose whether to upgrade is in the hands of the user", "We will continue to respect their choice, because the browser is their right ".

When Mozilla prompts users to abandon the unsupported version of Firefox and upgrade the new version of the browser, users can continue to use the old version of the browser. Currently, nearly 5% of users are still using Firefox browsers earlier than 3.5. Microsoft faces roughly the same situation. The upgrade of Chrome is performed in the background, and users are not reminded at all.

Of course, if you do not like this force update mechanism, you can choose another browser. Google may never provide users with upgrade options. If you like to control browser upgrades, you can select Firefox or use the Chromium open-source project.

As a browser user, do you like the upgrade mechanism? Is it IE, FF, or Chrome-based direct automatic upgrade forced )?

PS. In fact, there is another kind of upgrade for IE, that is, patch Update with Windows Update, similar to FF and Chrome minor version updates.