Should we bother about IE < 8?

Question

It might look like philosophical question, however it really bother me. We\'re expecting HTML 5, we\'re using JS, Ajax, Flex, all this stuff, but when older browsers were develo

Answer 1

How many people use IE6 now? And if someone upgraded to IE7, doesn't he already upgraded to IE8? ... So - IE6 users are mostly corporations (the have to use it, becouse of some contracts), and we can't count on miracle change to IE8.

The website I've been working on (protein-protein interactions), serving mostly R&D audience, has about 1200 unique users a day. 30% of them use IE and the numbers break down to:

• 45% IE8,
• 30% IE7,
• 25% IE6

As these numbers suggest, being able to upgrade to IE7 doesn't necessarily mean they'll go for IE8.

Based on previously posted numbers, you can expect from 5-10% IE6 users. Should you care about them? Well, if they can't even use your site, and you earn a million a year, would you care about extra 50-100 grand? ;)