CNET reported that changes in IE market share, with IE8 gaining usage at the expense of IE7 & IE6.
Google last week also announce end of support for IE6. Google now supports IE7+, FireFox 3.0+, Chrome 4.0+ and Safari 3.0+.
IE6 has been around for a decade. It is full of security holes and breaks HTML standards. It is also rumored to be used recently to hack Google Gmail accounts in China. Time to drop IE6!
Just receive a request to support a new tariff policy from a user in Malta. This set me thinking on more ways to support different tariff structure that utility providers impose on their customers.
Some tariffs structure is simple. You pay for what you use. The difference between 2 readings is the usage over time. Times the standard tariff rate and you get the consumption for the period between the 2 readings.
Other utility providers offer day and night or peak and off peak rates. Some others do offer seasonal rates for summer and winter where demand is much higher. Another way is to have a band of rates to cater for higher usage.
Therefore, I am trying to understand these different tariff policies to make SmartMeter even better.
