Dear Web User:
Please Upgrade Your Browser

We at OneClick, along with designers and developers worldwide, want you to have the absolute best possible experience on the Web. In fact, in the design and development community, we spend countless hours every week discussing and researching the standards and practices that we know will make your experience on the Web infinitely greater.

The browser you’re using could be limiting that potential, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to a different browser.
So please read on, so you can learn how to drastically improve your experience on the Web.

What’s Wrong With Old Browsers?

Old browsers (especially Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, and 8) are less stable, and much more vulnerable to viruses, spyware, malware, and other security issues. Those are obviously big problems to be concerned about—especially for people who shop online. So security alone is a very good reason to upgrade. But there’s more to it than that.

Old Browsers can't display many new websites

The other problem that old browsers have is that their display capabilities are very limited. For example, in an older browser, in order to show a simple animation, the person creating the website would have to use either an embedded video or Flash file (like those found on YouTube) or else a lot of extra programming code (called JavaScript). In either case, this means that the page will take much longer to load, thus harming your experience on that website.

New browsers support new Web technologies (like HTML5 and CSS3). These languages serve as a foundation for many websites today, and for virtually all new websites and Web apps. But unfortunately, many of these new websites will neither look nor function in the same way in old browsers like IE8.

New Browser Options

Now that you understand some of the reasons why it’s highly recommended to upgrade an old browser, let’s take a look at what options you have for a new browser, and what strengths these browsers have. Please notice that switching to one of these browsers is free and won’t take more than a couple of minutes.

Why Are New Browsers Better?

The browsers listed above have a number of advantages over older browsers, including:

• Far fewer instances of crashing or freezing.
• Much more secure from virus, malware, and browser hijacking attacks.
• Much faster page-loading.
• Larger page-viewing area.
• A large variety of useful optional plugins and add-ons that add extra features to improve Web browsing.
• Unlike IE9, IE10, IE11 and the upcoming Microsoft Edge, they can be installed on Windows XP.
• New browsers will automatically update to the latest version, or will notify you to download an update.

About Automatic Updating

The last point in the list above mentions the fact that new browsers will automatically notify you of an update—this is a good thing. When you have a browser that’s kept up-to-date automatically, you get a number of important benefits in addition to those already mentioned. These include:

• You’ll rarely, if ever, come across a website that says “your browser cannot view this website”.
• If any known security vulnerabilities are present, they will be fixed automatically.
• Every time your browser is upgraded, your browser becomes faster, meaning that the time you spend waiting for pages to load will be minimal.

Old browsers like IE7 and IE8 will not automatically notify you to update, so if you continue to use an old browser, your experience on the Web will become less secure (and less enjoyable as the months go by).

So... what are you waiting for?

There are countless reasons to upgrade your old browser and start using something new and up-to-date. So trust us when we say that your experience on the Web will be infinitely better if you choose to do this.

Whatever you’re doing on the Web—reading email, shopping, banking, or anything else—a new browser will allow your experience to be safer, faster, and much more beautiful.