> I'm suggesting that it's very much an exception rather than a rule.
I think the opposite is true. I don't have hard data to back up my thoughts, but the fact that IE8 is above IE7 seems suggestive.
> I don't have the energy to dig up the stats demonstrating a correlation between purchases of new computers and browser version market share. It's probably there, maybe it isn't.
So you're retracting your statement, then? I'm asking because you seemed to lack any sort of doubt when you made it, going to the length of using of course.
> Whether that's the cause is immaterial though because the point remains: new IE versions tend to be adopted very slowly.
I agree (relative to other browsers at least), but this is certainly not what you stated in your original post.
I think the opposite is true. I don't have hard data to back up my thoughts, but the fact that IE8 is above IE7 seems suggestive.
> I don't have the energy to dig up the stats demonstrating a correlation between purchases of new computers and browser version market share. It's probably there, maybe it isn't.
So you're retracting your statement, then? I'm asking because you seemed to lack any sort of doubt when you made it, going to the length of using of course.
> Whether that's the cause is immaterial though because the point remains: new IE versions tend to be adopted very slowly.
I agree (relative to other browsers at least), but this is certainly not what you stated in your original post.