IEs 4 Linux News

Millions of people already updated to IE9. Microsoft counts more than 2 million downloads on Day Zero, and much more since then.

It’s a great moment for the Web Design community. Although everybody here is using a better browser, most end users still use IE. And an update like this bringing HTML5 and CSS3 to the masses is a great moment. Developers using Linux or Mac don’t even need to test on IE9 every time, since every modern browser has the same features. No more doubled efforts to develop we had with IE6 ou 7.

According to some rumors, Microsoft will announce the ninth version of its Internet Explorer browser as early as today. It’s an important moment for all web dev community, since it’s the first IE version with HTML5 and CSS3. We hope all IE users update quickly; and also that our to be released IEs4Linux hack with IE9 support continue to work.

Microsoft started a campaign today asking users to stop using IE6. But the numbers are still very impressive. In China, IE6 has a 30% Market Share. In South Korea, an incredible 24%.

Access the IE6 CountDown by Microsoft: http://ie6countdown.com/