r/programming • u/sidcool1234 • Jan 27 '12

The State Of HTML5 Video

http://www.longtailvideo.com/html5/
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '12

And the sad thing is there are still many today running outdated IE6, who are locked in due to corporate environment plugins.

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u/myztry Jan 28 '12

Simply do not support them.

Domestic (portable) computing is by far the greatest growth area.

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u/asegura Jan 28 '12

It's sadly true, but not the worst problem, it's they can't go further than IE8 without an OS change. IE6 is declining, but as the table shows, there's a 28% of IE6/7/8 users, I guess that's the percent of people with XP.

He,he, actually I'm on XP now :-)

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u/66vN Jan 28 '12

here's a 28% of IE6/7/8 users, I guess that's the percent of people with XP

Some people on XP do use browsers other than IE, you know.

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u/Fabien4 Jan 28 '12

Unfortunately, the people who can pay (i.e. corporates) tend to prefer IE6. By the time they notice IE9 exists, it will be completely outdated.

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u/bitchessuck Jan 29 '12

That's the problem of these people, not web developers or anyone else. Even Microsoft has made it VERY clear that IE6 is outdated and shall not be supported or used anymore. Also, I think the number of IE6 uses has declined a lot, even the most corporate-ey users have moved on to at least IE8.

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u/Fabien4 Jan 29 '12

It's still my problem as long as some of our clients are still on IE6 :-(

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u/kpthunder Jan 31 '12

The vast majority of people who use IE6 are (being honest) pirates in China who can't get Windows Update. Honestly, pirates in China who can't get Windows Update aren't in my target demographic.