On: 37signals to Drop IE6 Support

[dzohrob]

Many sources [1] show that IE6 still has more global usage than IE7. Though I'm sure 37signals' userbase is not represented well by global data, turning away users of perhaps the most popular version of the most popular browser is an interesting move.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

[mikeryan → dzohrob]

Where did you get that from?

I clicked through the links on that page and the most recent month had this:

http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2008/April/browser.php

[Xichekolas → mikeryan]

What is really amusing about those stats is the 77 visitors still using IE 3. I don't even have a 12 year old computer that still functions, let alone a 12 year old browser.

[thwarted → Xichekolas]

No, 77 is the age of the IE3 users.

[dzohrob → mikeryan]

FWIW, the first one I clicked on was this:

http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php?date=2008-05-31

Not that it's the best source of data, but.