I assumed my readers were security and update minded, especially since I mention the importance of keeping the computer and program(s) you use up to date every now and then. I was looking at some stats gathered and here's what irks me about browser updates and patches :
Firefox :
75,68% of visitors use 3.0.10
3% of visitors use 3.0.11
12,61% of visits were done using 3.5 (which is a preview release that I've been testing)
5.71% still use 2.0.0.20
2.40% use 1.5 or 3.0.x
All things taken into account, 83.79% of visits are done using an insecure firefox browser, which disappoints me. The 3.0.11 version was only released last week though, so maybe I should give it some more time... not! Get patching/updating, slackers!
When looking at Internet Explorer, we get :
52.16% uses version 7.0
29.86% uses version 6.0
17.99% uses version 8.0
Unfortunately, I can't get more detailed versions about IE usage, as it seems minor versions are not being reported. Let's just broadly assume that about 18% of our IE users is using the latest version, which still leaves a whopping 82% using older version. Get updating as well, will you?
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Comments
we still have IE6 at work... can't change that I'm afraid :-( so sometimes I'm one of those 30% with the really old version ;-)
Posted by: Nadia at June 15, 2009 8:26 AM
Gently suggest they update/upgrade that prehistoric browser - if that fails, unleash a BOFH on them :D
Posted by: ServMe at June 15, 2009 12:30 PM