We just launched a new version of Staction that, besides some outstanding minor tweaks and fixes, adds support for Internet Explorer 7. We’ve been testing it this week and we feel it’s pretty smooth.

We’ve made the decision to not support earlier version of IE. 2 basic facts led us this direction:

• On all the Paste sites, the average of visitors running IE6 is below 4%.

• IE6 is an old browser with rudimentary support for Javascript and CSS; this is specially crucial in Staction since the app is rather complex in the client-side code. Staying away from it will allow us to focus more on things that really matter and that actually move the app forward. We also feel that the sooner developers start dropping IE6 support, the sooner people will be forced to upgrade, which will be a good thing for everyone involved.

If you’re an IE7 user and wants to try Staction, don’t hesitate to enter our beta newsletter to get an invite key. Also, if you find any bugs with it, we would be happy to hear!