Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

Are you included among the 12 percent of people from around the world who are still using Internet Explorer 6?  Although browser statistics of visitors to Security Garden indicate only 2.6 percent use IE 6, it is long past time for those visitors to update.

I understand that not everyone has the latest and greatest computer.  These are hard times and we all need to watch our budget.  However, there have been numerous advances in IE since version 6 was introduced ten years ago.  Forget the pretty-pretty new features.  Most significant, from my point of view, are the enhanced security features in the newer versions of Internet Explorer.

Granted, IE9 is not compatible with Windows XP.  However, you can still upgrade to IE8. IE8 has significant built-in security features, including SmartScreen, Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Filter, Click-jacking prevention, Data Execution Prevention, InPrivate Browsing, and InPrivate Filtering.  (See Internet Explorer 8: Features/ for information about these security and safety features.)  For those who would rather upgrade in stages, if need be, you can start with IE7 (download link below) and then follow up with IE8.

Although most of the Security Garden visitors are from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, people from all around the world find their way here.  If you are represented by the list of actual Security Garden visitors in the list of countries below, and are also included among the 2.66 percent of my visitors who use IE6, please update today!

Security Garden visitors from around the world:

Australia	Barbados	Belgium
Brazil	Brunei Darussalam	Bulgaria
Canada	Chile	Croatia
Czech Republic	Denmark	Dominican Republic
Finland	France	Germany
Greece	Hong Kong	Hungary
India	Indonesia	Iraq
Ireland	Italy	Japan
Korea, Republic Of	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Lithuania
Macedonia	Malaysia	Mexico
Netherlands	New Zealand	Norway
Pakistan	Peru	Philippines
Poland	Puerto Rico	Romania
Russian Federation	Serbia	Singapore
South Africa	Spain	Sri Lanka
Sweden	Switzerland	Taiwan
United Kingdom	United States	Venezuela
Vietnam

Don't be one of these statistics:

References:

• Windows Internet Explorer 8: Compare versions
• Counting Down Internet Explorer 6 Usage Share
• IE6 Countdown
• Get Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 8: Worldwide sites

Clubhouse Tags: Clubhouse, Microsoft, Internet Explorer, IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Information, Windows

Remember - "A day without laughter is a day wasted."
May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart...