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IE6 … The Jason Voorhees of Browsers

Internet Explorer 6 is just like a certain fictional film star — it simply won’t go away. According to Wired, between 10-20% of all Internet users worldwide are still using the creaky old browser released in 2001.

There’s a groundswell to get people to upgrade to IE7 — no spring chicken itself, as it’s been out for 2+ years now — or even convert to Firefox, Opera, Chrome or Safari. There’s even a Facebook group you can join if it means that much to you.

Just for a hoot I looked at the browser stats for Jenkins visitors: as of the beginning of 2009, 39% are using IE6. Are lawyers conservative or what?

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).