Browser-Update.org

IE7 moved to outdated browsers

2012-06-17

Many webdesigners using browser-update.org have told us that we should move Internet Explorer 7 to the outdated Browsers since the release of IE9 last year.

Users now get warnings when they still use Internet Explorer 7 which was released more than 5 years ago in October 2006.

IE 7 currently approximately holds a global market share of less than 3%.

The default outdated browser list is now:

• Internet Explorer 7 or older (released Oct 2006, market share ≈< 3%)
• Firefox 3.6 or older (released Jul 2010, not supported with security updates anymore, ≈< 3%)
• Opera 10.6 or older (released Jan 2010, not supported with security updates anymore, ≈< 0.1%)
• Safari 4.0 or older (released Feb 2009, not supported with security updates anymore, ≈<0.2%)

IE7 is after IE6 the browser webdesigners are struggling the most with when creating their sites. It supports almost none of the HTML5/CSS3 features and speed improvements of current browsers. An interesting approach to get users to update their browser was chosen by an Australian online shop: They added an additional tax for users of IE7 to pay their webdevelopers for optimizing the site for this ancient browser.

Additional information on when we moved browsers to the outdated list and discussion about it can be found on the wiki page "BrowsersToNotify".

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