Regular readers of our the Pixel Vector Blog will know that in recent months we have given coverage to (and have been suitably excited about…) the apparent death of Internet Explorer 6. Statistics published by StatCounter last month now indicate that IE6 has less than a 5% market share in the US and Europe.
Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) is a particular version of of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser which has caused web developers headaches for the past decade. Despite this version of the software being over 10 years old – and actually two versions out of date following the launch of 7 and 8 – IE6 remained one of the most popular web browsers until very recently.
The latest statistics indicate that users of the troublesome browser are finally on the decline, with people upgrading to Windows Vista and/or Windows 7 – both supplied with newer, more capable web browsers. The growth of other browsers such as Apple Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox has also had an impact on IE6.
Based on an analysis of 15 billion page views in May 2010, StatCounter’s numbers indicate that IE6 usage in the U.S. has fallen to as low as 4.7% from 11.5% in the last 12 months.
As far as other web browsers go, IE8 holds 30.49% market share in the U.S., followed by Firefox 3.6 with 19.85% and IE7 with 16.64% market share.
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