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Yes, IE5 is Dead Already!

Matt Harzewski of Webmaster-Source asks if Internet Explorer 5 is dead, and does a nice little bullet list of things that have happened since 1998 (which is funny since IE5 launched in 1999, which he also notes).

9 years is serious time for a web browser. There is no excuse for IE5 to exist anymore.

Luckily, it just about doesn’t. On my Swedish sites I’ve got 0% IE5 visitors, and on the international ones it’s below 0.15%.

In other words, IE5 is dead. Now please kill IE6. Thank you.

Published by Thord Daniel Hedengren on February 27, 2008 in Webmastering and tagged , , , • Did you like it? Subscribe! Or Submit it to Blogosphere News!

6 people says things!

  1. Well, IE6 is top browser. At least in my projects. ;)

    By fck on February 28, 2008 12:27 am

  2. How is IE6 good?
    Why in your projects?

    Can’t wait for IE6 to die.

    By Todd on February 28, 2008 1:00 am

  3. Thanks for the link and commentary.

    I agree, it is pretty much dead, and it’s time to kill IE6. Unfortunately, that won’t be as easy. IE7 only runs on WinXP or Vista, and plenty of organizations, like the local library here, use Windows 2000 on all their computers (except a few which have XP). They pretty much have a Microsoft-only policy, so you can forget them getting Firefox. They’re not going to upgrade within the foreseeable future either (okay, I’d be surprised if the computers run at 1 GHz…).

    By redwall_hp on February 28, 2008 6:38 am

  4. Someone should drag IE6 out into the street and shoot it in the forehead.

    By Adam on February 28, 2008 9:59 am

  5. IE6 can’t go away fast enough for me.

    By Chris Cree on February 28, 2008 7:18 pm

  6. IE6 must die. I really can’t wait for the day when there will be no IE6.

    By Anna on March 2, 2008 4:51 pm

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