300 million IE7 users already?! - IDN Forums

dotworx · #1 (**permalink**) 3rd December 2007, 10:48 AM

MS claims there are 300 million IE7 users worldwide...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...ar-of-ie7.aspx

blackops · #2 (**permalink**) 3rd December 2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dotworx

MS claims there are 300 million IE7 users worldwide...

A big number, but no reason to doubt it :-) Marketshare, a leading browser stat service are currently reporting that IE7 took a big % jump in market share last month, and by the looks of it, IE7 will have the biggest % share in the next 1/2 months...

I think also that xmas and the new year will be a massive aid, in the take-up rate to IE7 :-)

jacksonm · #3 (**permalink**) 3rd December 2007, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by blackops

A big number, but no reason to doubt it :-) Marketshare, a leading browser stat service are currently reporting that IE7 took a big % jump in market share last month, and by the looks of it, IE7 will have the biggest % share in the next 1/2 months...

I think also that xmas and the new year will be a massive aid, in the take-up rate to IE7 :-)

With the release of a new OS/Browser combo, Christmas should normally be a big help. Howver, I think that Vista already has a quite bad reputation and is said not to run on most commodity PCs unless you take the crippled down home edition. Many people + media are reviewing and rating Vista as the worst OS ever released by MS. And it'd be pretty damned difficult to beat Win95 in that contest.

I think that most the the IE7 upgrades in the coming year will be on top of XP. Either way, it doesn't really matter how people get upgraded.

Just my .02

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markits · #4 (**permalink**) 3rd December 2007, 11:43 AM

Well I guess most users are in USA, UK, OZ, and Canada. AU is not available to Japan, China etc yet, so does not do much help to idns.

touchring · #5 (**permalink**) 3rd December 2007, 02:34 PM

my korean traffic's going nuts. any korean users around here? hanidn, did you see AU in action. :O

**tee1** · #6 (**permalink**) 3rd December 2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jacksonm

And it'd be pretty damned difficult to beat Win95 in that contest.
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Win ME anyone? I was soooooooooo glad to get win 2000.

tee1

Rubber Duck · #7 (**permalink**) 3rd December 2007, 06:44 PM

I think if you look back to the beginning of the year and all the arguments about how fast IE7 would be taken up, I think I was pretty much on the money with my projections. Funny that. Duck gets lucky again!