On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 12:04 -0500, tedd wrote: > At 4:18 PM +0000 1/22/10, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > > >You'd be surprised how many people still use a dumb browser! > > > >Thankfully though, it seems that people are wising up a bit more, as > >these stats from a media website show: > > > >Safari 4 2624 > >Firefox 3.5 1320 > >Firefox 3 690 > >IE 8 501 > >IE 6 465 > >IE 7 417 > >Safari 3.2 171 > >Firefox 2 151 > >Mozilla 1.9 109 > >Unknown 0 56 > >Safari 3.1 53 > >Chrome 3 34 > >Safari 3 19 > >Google Webmaster Tools 0 7 > >Flock 2 5 > >Opera 10 1 > > > >This is a media-based website, which would explain the large use of > >browsers available for the Mac, but I still take it as a good sign. > > > >Thanks, > >Ash > > > Ash: > > As you know, stats really depend upon the site tested. I have one > site where over 99 percent of the visitors are Mac users (over 120 > unique visitors each day). > > The following link I think provides more typical browser selection stats. > > http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp > > Fortunately IE6 is on the way out (good riddance) and other IE's are > losing ground (Woo Hoo!). > > More browser developers are trying to adhere to standards rather than > fighting them like M$ does. As I see it, it always takes M$ a little > more time to learn anything worthwhile. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com >
I agree that stats vary from site to site, I was just picking one I had my own tracking on that wasn't of a technical persuasion. W3C admits themselves that their stats are probably tainted by the technical experience of its visitors. I don't want to hijack this thread so I won't go into anything that would spur a mass debate! (don't read those last two words aloud too quickly!) Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
