Matsuda Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 You might be thinking that a browser which is almost 12 years old is no longer the best choice for those looking to surf the Internet securely, but it turns out that more people actually deploy Internet Explorer 6.While it’s hard to imagine how come someone could use Internet Explorer 6 to browse the Internet these days, figures provided by market researcher Net Applications for the month of October show that Microsoft’s ancient browser has actually increased its market share in the latest 30 days.IE6 is now installed on 4.93 percent of computers worldwide, up from 4.87 percent the month before. Don’t forget that IE6 is set to be retired next year in April together with Windows XP.For the sake of comparison, Internet Explorer 10, the default browser available in Windows 8, has lost users last month, dropping from 19.43 percent to 18.94 percent. Of course, the reason is that more people are making the move to Windows 8.1, but again, it’s hard to understand how come that IE6 lives on in a market so full of modern browsers.View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 IE6 is okay if you just use it for work purposes. For example, many businesses still rely on old ActiveX controls.For regular internet browsing however, I recommend my users anything other than IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 :WTF: Who on earth uses IE6 yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x3r0 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I don't think that statistic shows the "real" IE 6 users. Most older downloader, or other programs, sometime "disguise" themselves as IE 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janedoe Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I don't think that statistic shows the "real" IE 6 users. Most older downloader, or other programs, sometime "disguise" themselves as IE 6.This might be a possible explanation, because I don't see how anyone in their right minds would be making fresh deployments of IE6 in this day and age. If (and that's a very big if indeed) at all there's a business reason to use IE6 (I haven't come across one in a long time now) then the network admin who allows it to access the internet should be shot forthwith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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