From the 1st of March Google will stop offering support for IE6 for Google docs and Google Sites. Microsoft has since brought out two versions of the browser since IE6, however, around 20% of internet users are still using the browser. Microsoft themselves have publically said that they will support the browser until 2014.
This news doesn’t come as such a surprise. There have been varying instances in the news recently highlighting the security flaws on the IE browsers and different patches have been issued online to solve the problems. Only recently the Chinese version of Google’s search engine was hacked through a flaw in Internet Explorer. Google are recommending for users and companies to upgrade their browser as soon as possible.
Following this news the French and German governments recommended people to use a different browser until the security error had been fixed. Microsoft did react fast by updating the browser but this latest news is likely to further serve as evidence of Internet Explorers falling reputation.
Couple this with Google firmly pushing their own browser Chrome currently and the future doesn’t look too bright for Microsoft’s dominance in the browser industry, currently around 75% of users surf the internet using a form of Internet Explorer. I personally, haven’t used any version of IE for about 3 years with much better versions which are far more secure being available from both Mozilla and Google.

Tags: Chrome, Google Browser, IE6, Mozilla, Web Browser

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