In the corporate world, we still use Internet Explorer 6.

Yes, I know how shocking and lame that is, not to mention how slow GMail is on it but in a software environment, IE6 has been the most stable. I’m not saying it’s the best, just that it plays nice with the multitude of web apps used in a work ecosystem. While it’s true many of the users complain about not having the latest and greatest, once they do upgrade to IE7 or IE8 (without permission typically), trouble ensues.

I like IE6 when trouble shooting because I can right click on it and run as an admin inside a user’s profile. IE7 doesn’t do that. IE8 is bust because trying to tweak some of it’s ActiveX settings leaves that nasty banner chasing you back to the settings they want. Is Firefox any better? Actually I prefer Chrome over Firefox when it comes to browsing in a corporate platform, opens quicker and it’s a little safer.

So how about the new MSFT IE9? Will it be the Microsoft browser war come back story? Perhaps. It does have HTML5 capabilities so that’s a programming plus.

I only hope they didn’t change everything around again. I’ve watched grown people in Philadelphia cry because they upgraded to Office 2007 and had no clue how to use it.