Do I need to worry about IE7? [closed]

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Im writing a website for a holiday cottage business and am having problems making the layout work in IE7. It works fine in IE8.

Will this be a problem? or should I spend a few hours trying to make it work?

I am looking for peoples' experiences based on previous web design work, and current knowledge of browser usage. Im not really after personal opinions. Many thanks,

Answer 1

I'd say that it depends on the audience for the site. If the site has existed in a previous form then see if it has some sort of analytics tracking so you can see what browsers were being used by the people who visited it.

At the very least put in a warning message letting people know that the site might be broken on older browsers and prompting them to upgrade. A quick example is this:

<!-- Prompt IE 7/6 users to upgrade to a newer browser. -->
<!--[if lt IE 8]>
<p class="chromeframe">You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. In order to experience this website properly, please <a href="http://browsehappy.com/">upgrade your browser</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/chromeframe/?redirect=true">activate Google Chrome Frame</a> to improve your experience.</p>
<![endif]-->

Answer 2

The majority of all people use the most up to date types of browser and even if they don't with ie they are most likely to have at least IE8 so I don't think you should worry

Answer 3

most of people will use IE8 or higher (if they are using IE at all ) ... so I don't think so