Since most browsers are free, the use of the older browsers is 'mostly' related to technophobia and the reluctance to download and *horrors* install anything new which might require learning some new menus and settings.

Many people simply use whatever was handed them when they bought the machine, and are unlikely to upgrade anything until the machine dies. They want a simple, non-challenging way to push one button and get their email, or open Mudcat. I have friends who do not know where the FOLDERS are located in their machines...they have almost NO idea how to control fonts, images, associations or cache settings.

I guess that will not be such a problem when this generation is gone, and those who grew up with computers are in the majority.