Megan wrote: You really

greg — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:39:33 +0000

Megan wrote:

You really can't assume that your stats are going to be the same as that.

I agree. Viewing your own server logs in conjunction with other stats is a good idea.
Using one or the other solely doesn't really give you accurate enough data, unless your site is Google or Yahoo.

The % of IE6 users on your site may fluctuate greatly. It might be 1% this month and 10% the next.
So as a general average of "who's using what" I suggest using a site with tens of thousands of hits, like W3Schools, as well as viewing your own log files to see if one trend reflects another.

W3Schools stats are a more accurate representation of the average user, and one in every 6 visitors is significant IMO.

Megan wrote:

Our site is targetting web designers, who should know enough to use an up-to-date browser

I'm not really sure that they "should" to be honest. Sure "in general" they may well be clued up, but even then, just because someone is developing websites doesn't mean their IE is up to date.
There are plenty of people who already have a website or blog who barely know any HTML or CSS.

This site, by it's very nature, also attracts "noobs" who want to learn, and therefore might not even know they have a choice of browser.
And W3Schools is a place where people go to learn about the internet/HTML etc, and theirs, again, shows one in every 6 visitors has IE6.

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I think stats are not really accurate in general anyway, well, about 85% of the time

You really can't assume that

Megan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:05:22 +0000

You really can't assume that your stats are going to be the same as that. Check your own logs and go from there. There are other factors at play too. Our site is targetting web designers, who should know enough to use an up-to-date browser. So we don't design for IE 6 and show an upgrade message.

Andy Clarke has a good summary of methods of dealing with IE 6, including a controversial proposal to simply serve it a basic, universal stylesheet. I have some comments on my blog.

NickD wrote: If you are

greg — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:03:13 +0000

NickD wrote:

If you are stupid enough to be still using IE6... Then you dont DESERVE to look at my website.

I haven't stopped checking in IE6 altogether yet. IE 5.5 sure, but not 6!

W3Schools wrote:

IE6
April 2009 - 15.4%

And if you are thinking of not bothering checking for 1024 screen resolutions...

W3Schools wrote:

1024x768
January 2009 - 36%

My solution to Ie6 is to

NickD — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:47:39 +0000

My solution to Ie6 is to pretend it never happened
If you are stupid enough to be still using IE6... Then you dont DESERVE to look at my website.

I wish people would discard

Subcitizen — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:18:06 +0000

I wish people would discard it. However, for some reason they don't. Meanwhile, I need to make sure my blog is still readable for the people who still have it. Yikes!

jason

actually one of the methods

decibel.places — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:33:23 +0000

actually one of the methods suggested in the article is to surreptitiously upgrade your client's software at least to IE7 because they just care about being able to click on the blue "e" to go to the internet...

but most of us are developing sites without control over what browser is being used...

my best method is to discard

sirtokealot — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:34:40 +0000

my best method is to discard and install firefox