IE leads GOV.UK browser figures

In the run-up to GOV.UK's release, the organisation wrote about the rationale behind its browser-support decisions. Testing had to occur on browsers with two per cent usage or higher, and information access was the primary concern, not pixel-perfect layout precision. The organisation noted it side-stepped elephant in the room IE6, largely through that browser's web traffic crashing in 2011, placing it underneath the two per cent cut-off.

Figures released today showcase GOV.UK made the right call there: IE6 is now used by a tiny fraction over one per cent of the site's users. However, the figures also show plenty of useful data, potentially providing warnings to developers.

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