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Why do people still use Internet Explorer 7?


I'm sure like most developers, you have gotten your code perfect only to test it on IE7 and it doesn't look right.

My analytics say that IE7 is one of the lower ranking versions of IE being used to view my website. My question is why do people still use IE7? Isn't it easier to update to a better version of IE than to still be on 7?

I'm not sure why you would be on such an old version of IE unless you are not computer literate and only use it for basic tasks.

I tried researching on the web but no such luck. Any thoughts?


Solution

  • Some people simply don't have a choice if their IT department has not upgraded them. If you're building your application for a specific client, build it to the lowest version they have to support. If you're just doing this on your own to publish, then just support 'modern' browser versions.