Nowadays there are a lot of options for web browsing. The most common browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera. As of October 2009, Firefox was the most used browser, with Internet Explorer a close second although equally split between IE8, IE7 and IE6 at 10-15% each. The problem is that over 10% of users still use IE6, a browser that is no longer supported by the most popular sites, including Gmail, Twitter, MySpace, Orkut and Facebook.

Since its launch in September 2008, Google Chrome has increased its popularity to 8%. Not bad, considering Safari and Opera are still at 3-4% and have been around for years.

If you are still running Internet Explorer 6 its time to upgrade. Security vulnerabilities alone are a good reason. If you haven’t tried them yet, consider checking out Firefox or Chrome.

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