browsers

Rank

IE 7 vs IE 9

  1. I am forced to use this browser for certain sites

    68% 32%
    IE 7 15 out of 22 picked IE 7 over IE 9 IE 9

  2. This browser is resource hungry

    68% 32%
    IE 7 17 out of 25 picked IE 7 over IE 9 IE 9

  3. This browser is minimal

    51% 49%
    IE 7 15 out of 29 picked IE 7 over IE 9 IE 9

  4. This browser has many user created extensions

    30% 70%
    IE 7 18 out of 26 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  5. Most sites work correctly in this browser

    30% 70%
    IE 7 21 out of 30 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  6. I use this browser for work

    25% 75%
    IE 7 21 out of 28 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  7. I regularly use this browser

    23% 77%
    IE 7 74 out of 97 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  8. This browser feels native

    22% 78%
    IE 7 24 out of 31 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  9. This browser launches fast

    21% 79%
    IE 7 26 out of 33 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  10. This browser is fast to use

    18% 82%
    IE 7 22 out of 27 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  11. This browser is easy to use

    15% 85%
    IE 7 27 out of 32 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  12. This browser is customisable

    15% 85%
    IE 7 22 out of 26 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  13. This browser has a large feature set

    14% 86%
    IE 7 24 out of 28 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  14. Most sites render correctly in this browser

    12% 88%
    IE 7 28 out of 32 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  15. This browser has features for tasks other than web browsing

    12% 88%
    IE 7 22 out of 25 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  16. This browser is extensible

    12% 88%
    IE 7 22 out of 25 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  17. There is a good community around this browser

    11% 89%
    IE 7 23 out of 26 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  18. Pages look pretty in this browser

    8% 92%
    IE 7 21 out of 23 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  19. This browser is pretty

    6% 94%
    IE 7 27 out of 29 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  20. Pages render fast in this browser

    4% 96%
    IE 7 24 out of 25 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  21. Javascript runs fast in this browser

    3% 97%
    IE 7 28 out of 29 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

  22. I am confident that this browser is secure

    100%
    IE 7 29 out of 29 picked IE 9 over IE 7 IE 9

What's going on here?

The absolute rankings are interesting for large scale comparisons but when you want to know about two specific languages it's much more informative to look at how the two fare when they go directly head to head.

Here are all the statements which we've got enough comparisons between IE 7 and IE 9 to be meaningful and which of the two our users picked.

The order in which we're presenting them is a little arbitrary (sorry), but we've tried to put the things which they're both good at first so as to give you the most interesting picture of it.