Five reasons to not upgrade to IE9

**Renk** · 18.03.11, 11:53

1. Operating system incompatibilities
(no support for XP)

2. Performances

3. The 64-bit version problem

4. Lack of Security

5. Lack of Compatibility

Five Reasons not to “Upgrade” to Windows’ Internet Explorer 9 | ZDNet

**Owyn** · 18.03.11, 13:00

how about main and only one valuable reason?
1. People who use IE doesn't know what "upgrade" or "browser" is and how to do upgrading at all.

**dreamer** · 18.03.11, 13:16

I don't get this.
clearly IE 9 is superior to IE 8.
most people have IE 8 and the browser they really use on their PC.
what's wrong with having the latest version of IE 9 "just in case" ?

**ParamouR** · 18.03.11, 17:07

I knew even this time IE would suck

**anon** · 18.03.11, 17:24

Originally Posted by Renk

1. Operating system incompatibilities
(no support for XP)

I dislike that as well, but maybe it's time that we get on moving to a newer OS. I like XP and its speed too, but it's a decade old and 7 has many improvements over it.

Originally Posted by dreamer

I don't get this.
clearly IE 9 is superior to IE 8.
most people have IE 8 and the browser they really use on their PC.
what's wrong with having the latest version of IE 9 "just in case" ?

What's the point of updating something you'll never use? I haven't moved from IE6 here.

OK, thanks to XP's design the IE rendering engine is often in use, but you get the idea.

**dreamer** · 18.03.11, 17:59

I have language specific websites and other payment services that require IE.
I don't like it but it sometimes necessary.
creating a thread that's called Five reasons to not upgrade to IE9 is hating for no reason..

**anon** · 18.03.11, 18:03

Originally Posted by dreamer

I have language specific websites and other payment services that require IE.

Well, in that case, you do use the thing.

The thread's title is just the article's title. I suppose ZDNet just wanted something that would make people read it, or just a slight exaggeration.

**dreamer** · 18.03.11, 19:05

Originally Posted by anon

Well, in that case, you do use the thing.

I suppose ZDNet just wanted something that would make people read it, or just a slight exaggeration.

most likely.
it is nice though to have the latest of any software you HAVE on your computer (you can't get Windows without IE unless it's an "N" edition), regardless if you use it or not

**Renk** · 18.03.11, 22:48

Originally Posted by anon

I dislike that as well, but maybe it's time that we get on moving to a newer OS. I like XP and its speed too, but it's a decade old and 7 has many improvements over it.

But it's not imo a sufficient reason for Microsoft lacks any support for a microsoft OS still used on nearly half the PC. What about if Mozilla, Opera, Google etc were doing the same because it were time to upgrade to 7 ?

**yoco** · 18.03.11, 23:32

I stopped using IE since v6, and I don't intend to use it ever again!

**The Shutter** · 19.03.11, 00:33

Originally Posted by Renk

1. Operating system incompatibilities
(no support for XP)

It's Like asking for 98 Support couple of years ago

**SaintShaolin** · 19.03.11, 00:49

Originally Posted by Renk

But it's not imo a sufficient reason for Microsoft lacks any support for a microsoft OS still used on nearly half the PC. What about if Mozilla, Opera, Google etc were doing the same because it were time to upgrade to 7 ?

I think it's a good move for Microsoft to stop supporting XP.
If and when people stop using XP, the market share for IE6 could go down significantly,
which is a joyous moment, especially for web developers who hate having to make workarounds for IE6 browsers.

Plus, I think it is high time for us to move to new OSes,
which have better features in terms of security.

But I'll say moving from XP to Win7 has some learning curve.
There are things in Win7 that are difficult getting used to,
especially when it comes to user interface.
In fact, I've disabled themes in Win7 and used it's classic theme,
so that it still looks a little like XP.