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Sign into your accountWhy Internet Explorer Should Be Your Old Browser
May 03 2016
The real estate industry today is Internet dependent. Agent and company websites, company intranets, MLS access, and back office systems all require agents and brokers to go online to manage these resources. So must the American homebuyer, too, as more than 90 percent of all real estate home searches begin online.
Perhaps the most important software tool that enables the Internet is the one that's also taken for granted: your Internet browser. For years, real estate agents' favorite browser has been Internet Explorer from Microsoft. Unless you were a Mac user, when you bought your PC, Internet Explorer was automatically your browser and the vast majority of agents simply never switched. Additionally, many MLSs were only compatible with Internet Explorer, adding to many agents' reliance on IE.
Even with the sun setting of support for Internet Explorer's older versions – and IE 11 being replaced by Edge as the Windows 10 default browser – agents have been tentative to switch to a different browser. According to NAR's Realtor Technology Report, while the use of Internet Explorer dropped from 50 percent to 38 percent in the most recent study, it was still the number one browser for agents, with Google's Chrome coming in at 32 percent, Firefox at 16 and Apple's Safari at 9 percent. However, among the American public, Chrome is the most popular browser, according to a 2015 Federal Government report.
But the Internet is changing so fast that if you are still using Internet Explorer, especially an older version, you should ask yourself, "Is it time to switch?"