Corporate IT Reluctant to Pull the Plug on IE6
Corporate IT Reluctant to Pull the Plug on IE6
Posted 04/28/2010 at 4:28am
| by Paul Lilly
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Few could have guessed at the time of release 8 years ago that Internet Explorer 6 would turn out to be such a resilient browser, but here we are on the heels of IE9 and IE6 is still going strong, even against the warnings of security experts and Microsoft itself.
According to a recent study conducted by Chitika, a search-targeted advertising solutions firm, IE6 ranked fourth among all browsers, claiming 13 percent of usage during peak business hours. What this means is that IE6 is being used while at work, between the ours of 5AM and 2PM CST. After hours, however, the usage number drops to 6 percent of all Web traffic, Chitika noted.
"It almost looks like individual Internet users are more tech-advanced at home than the IT departments where they work," said Alden DoDrosario, Chitika's CTO, in a statement. "It's crazy to think that people whose job description revolves around employees having secure ways to browse the Web would keep IE6 alive, while these same employees go home to more secure browsers."
The same pattern holds true when broken down on a day-by-day basis. During the week, IE6 remains the fourth most used browser, and then loses nearly half of its market share to Firefox and IE8 during the weekend, Chitika says.
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wiak
April 29, 2010 at 1:48am
"What this means is that IE6 is being used while at work, between the ours of 5AM and 2PM CST. After hours, however, the usage number drops to 6 percent of all Web traffic, Chitika noted."
thats because most IT departments dont allow people to INSTALL firefox due to not having administrator access
google chrome installs because it installs it self in appdata folder on the user instead of program files folder, and you can add flash to it by copying NPSWF32.dll and flashplayer.xpt into plugins folder in chrome appdata folder http://chromespot.com/forum/10580-post2.html
Mighty BOB!
April 28, 2010 at 9:11pm
Ridiculous. (Both the high usage of IE6 and this site's filter.)
wkstar
April 28, 2010 at 12:55pm
I had to post in three parts and that is what I was gonna post in One comment , But as a whole it was blocked - - BUT in parts it went through. Can anyone figger what was the bad word or words ?
wkstar
April 28, 2010 at 12:52pm
Letting ( Those People ) do things on the system is
like letting a herd of cows in your backyard, A mess of droppings
everywhere that IT will spend most of their time cleaning up.
wkstar
April 28, 2010 at 12:52pm
part 2
In a way I understand. 'Cause most of the Public has trouble reading a
newspaper headline.
wkstar
April 28, 2010 at 12:51pm
Over the years I have seen IT want to keep things set and Never changing once they get it to work once. If it works today Never ever change anything ever. Letting people use the internet is their worst Nightmare. Who knows what ( Them People ) might look at or install on purpose or error.
razorpetti37
April 28, 2010 at 9:20am
I can't even post the comment I want to make because the spam filter has blocked 5 different versions of the same comment! I'm done trying to participate on these articles.
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