You are running Internet Explorer. Why does that matter?

Internet Explorer has been left behind in the ‘browser wars’.

The result of this is that those viewing sites with Internet Explorer are often viewing an inferior version of the web. Web designers tired of the restraints of Internet Explorer are now coding their site’s for modern browsers leaving Internet Explorer viewers viewing an inferior version of their site to fall back on. The older the version of Internet Explorer... the worse it gets. 

Which version of Internet Explorer am I running?

With Internet Explorer open, click on ‘Help’ then ‘About Internet Explorer’.

Download one of the modern browsers

All run on both Windows and Macintosh Operating Systems, be sure to update them regularly for the best experience.

Still rather Internet Explorer?

If you would still rather Internet Explorer, be sure to download the latest version. At the time of writing (September 10) that is version 8 which, although inferior in many ways to modern browsers it is much more supportive than older versions.

Why does it matter?

With Internet Explorer lagging so far behind other browsers, web developers are finding themselves in a dilemma.

• Do they ‘dumb down’ all their sites to accommodate for Internet Explorer, therefore giving ‘everyone’ an inferior version of their site?
• Do they use the latest code for modern browsers and then spend extra time and energy writing extra code to show a reasonable render of Internet Explorer?
• Or do they write code for modern browsers and then spend an incredible amount of time ‘attempting’ to make Internet Explorer render a page, somewhere near that of a modern browser?

Once updated to either a modern browser or IE8, the banner you clicked on that directed you to this page will disappear.