Old browser are holding back the web

[beniston]

This is an interesting article for all who use the web.

Some Interesting sub topics are
* Why Is The Old Browser Problem Such A Big Deal?
* WHAT ABOUT IE9?
* Is IE[x] The New IE6?
* DISPLAY A MESSAGE TO USERS ON OLD BROWSERS

If all the websites agree to display some message like this, then the web would grow more faster than ever



IE provide no auto-update, when all the other popular browsers release latest versions in quick successions. So as months passes by IE becomes obsolete, even IE 9.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/07 ... k-the-web/

[beniston]

Yet another article on old browsers.

Some highlights below:
- WHAT DOES EXPERTS MEAN WHEN THEY SAY OLD BROWSERS?
- OLD BROWSERS ARE SLOW AND MORE LIKELY TO CRASH
- OLD BROWSERS CAN’T DISPLAY MANY NEW WEBSITES
- WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDED NEW BROWSERS?
- WHY ARE NEW BROWSERS BETTER? Less crashing, more secured, most faster, larger view area, lots of addons, runs in Windows XP, auto updatable

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/07 ... r-browser/