It's time for 4.0 browsers to go (both IE and Netscape). I've been saying this for a long time (in fact I haven't coded for anything that isn't 5.0 and above in a year and a half), but I think it's high time everyone followed suit. The percentages of 4.0 users on my sites is amazingly low (1.93% for Netsscape and 1.88% for IE on vitaflo, and 2.34% for Netscape and 0.51% for IE on assembler last month). Consider that Assembler had 1.39% of its users using Netscape 3.0, a browser that won't even allow you to navigate that site and I think that puts a lot into perspective.

However these are my sites and don't neccesarily translate everywhere. What I think does however (and the reason for this post) is Google's new browser statistics graph for the month of June. Netscape 4 has almost fallen off the radar screen. What this means for everyone is, I suppose, up to them. To me it means that sites like Assembler are now moot [Contrary to popular belief I didn't make it to be an experimental cutting edge design site, but rather just prove, to myself mostly, that you could do somewhat complex DHTML in all browsers and platforms. With 5.0+ browsers, this is a hell of a lot easier], and that companies that still decide to put time and effort into supporting 4.0 browsers are just blowing their own profit margins. I think it's high time for everyone to put these 5 year old fossils to rest.