Internet Explorer automatic updates having little effect →

A follow up from The Verge on Microsoft introducing automatic silent updates for Internet Explorer.

Although Internet Explorer 8 usage appears to be dropping in favour of IE9, older versions such as IE6 and IE7 remained largely untouched

Yours truly, back in December:

As it is, and as hopeful as I am, I don’t think we’ll see the overnight disappearance of IE6 and 7 like the vast majority of web developers are suddenly all hoping for.