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Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer
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Sat, 18 Mar 2000 17:31:25 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Mike Stanley writes:
> > Today:
> > 
> > MSIE2 -  118 -  4.1%
> > MSIE3 -   62 -  2.2%
> > MSIE4 -  831 - 29.1%
> > MSIE5 - 1848 - 64.6%
> > 
> > Almost 200 people running old MSIE.
> 
> That's just staggeringly unbelievable.  Not that you aren't reporting
> the stats you have, of course, I trust you and your server.  But to
> think that people would still be using it.  I have to assume they're
> using a computer over which they have no control.

I hafta agree, it's pretty crazy.  What shipped with the original Win95?  Was
it MSIE2 or MSIE1?  Probably quite a few old machines out there with old Win95
installations on 486's & Pentium 60's with 4MB/8MB RAM...?


> IE2, the browser that comes with NT4, won't even work on Microsoft's
> own site.

Hee hee.  That makes sense!  MSIE2 didn't have as many security holes as the
later versions.  (GD&R :)

--Todd



Message has 2 Replies:
  MSIE & AOL/WebTV/SunOS
 
(...) Hmm, interesting: Appears as though the MSIE2 users got that browser as part of an old AOL release... Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 2.1; AOL 3.0; Mac_PPC) Looks like there are also a number of WebTV users with MSIE2... Mozilla/3.0 WebTV/1.2 (...) (27 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer
 
(...) Neither. To get IE, you had to buy the Plus! pack. (MS's bang, not mine.) (27 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer
 
(...) That's just staggeringly unbelievable. Not that you aren't reporting the stats you have, of course, I trust you and your server. But to think that people would still be using it. I have to assume they're using a computer over which they have (...) (27 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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