..really? well, thanks for your thoughtful contribution to the discussion. i hate to shoot-down such an insightful and well thought-out point but a quick check [1] seems to refute your claim. in fact (oddly enough) it appears that, not only do people use it, but a majority of people do.
i honestly don't understand all the hate around ie.. my experience using it on a day-to-day basis has shown it to be a stable, fast, and well-designed (and apparently quite secure) browser..
Not sure you "shot down" anything, your data isn't specific to the version of IE (note the title). I would assume that there's a large fraction on IE 6, 7 and 8 under the umbrella of "Internet Explorer".
The number of people using IE9 is on the same order as the entire population of the United States, so regardless of the exact number it's kind of crazy to say "nobody uses it."
yeah i totally agree. i was referencing IE as a whole when i linked to that; figured IE9 would hold the majority of that at this point, but you're right and that's not the case at all.
i forgot Microsoft didn't release it for XP (which i believe still holds somewhere north of 40% desktop os share), so i can see why that wouldn't be the case.
i honestly don't understand all the hate around ie.. my experience using it on a day-to-day basis has shown it to be a stable, fast, and well-designed (and apparently quite secure) browser..
[1] http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qp...