As of last month, Microsoft is no longer providing support for Internet Explorer versions older than 11. Missouri State University is following suit, and users of Internet Explorer 9 and 10 will now start receiving warnings that their browser is out of date, and that they should update.
Internet Explorer overall accounts for about 20% of the traffic on our site. Within that, the vast majority of Internet Explorer users (over 70%) are already using IE 11, meaning they will continue to get the latest updates automatically. IE 7.0, which we ended support for four years ago, still sadly accounts for a tenth of IE traffic, more than either IE 9 or 10.
We will continue to develop with an eye to progressive enhancement, so that users of older devices and software are still able to navigate and use our website, but we will also do our best to gently nudge them to update.
Browser Traffic
All Browsers
Browser | Percent of traffic |
Chrome | 40.6% |
Firefox | 20.8% |
Internet Explorer | 17.8% |
Safari | 16.9% |
Other | 3.9% |
Internet Explorer traffic only
IE Version | Percent of traffic |
11 | 71.7% |
10 | 11.5 |
9 | 11.1% |
8 | 4.18% |
7 | 8.42% |
6 | 0.04% |