Browsers in use

[Mike Koewler]

In looking at the last 45 days of web stats, it looks like IE's grasp on
browsers is fading. I had a little over 12,000 visitors and IE's share
(all versions) is 40%. Netscape (all versions) is 25%, AOL 28% and
Mozilla 5%. When the percentage of hits (rather than visitors) is
calculated, IE accounts for 47%, Netscape 41%, Mozilla 6.5% and AOL 4%.

Someone is still using Netscape 1.x and another is using IE 2.x.

If you are doing web pages that you want the vast majority of viewers to
see as designed, you "must" check them in IE as well as a variety of
Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox. I also recommend Opera. Though it was less
than .25 percent of visitors to my site, I believe it is still a popular
browser.

Mike

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp



| In looking at the last 45 days of web stats, it looks like IE's grasp on
| browsers is fading. I had a little over 12,000 visitors and IE's share
| (all versions) is 40%. Netscape (all versions) is 25%, AOL 28% and
| Mozilla 5%. When the percentage of hits (rather than visitors) is
| calculated, IE accounts for 47%, Netscape 41%, Mozilla 6.5% and AOL 4%.
|
| Someone is still using Netscape 1.x and another is using IE 2.x.
|
| If you are doing web pages that you want the vast majority of viewers to
| see as designed, you "must" check them in IE as well as a variety of
| Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox. I also recommend Opera. Though it was less
| than .25 percent of visitors to my site, I believe it is still a popular
| browser.
|
| Mike

 

[Mike Koewler]

Rob,

The rest of the story: Back in August, 2006, the same site was reporting
that 94 percent of the visitors were using IE. By January of this year,
that had dropped to 55 percent.

One thing that may make a difference - my site is very local. In this
region, one doesn't sneeze Downtown without your neighbors on the hill
hearing you have a cold - before you get home. A small handful of people
could easily convince dozens of others to change browsers.

Mike

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Tinytown?


| Rob,
|
| The rest of the story: Back in August, 2006, the same site was reporting
| that 94 percent of the visitors were using IE. By January of this year,
| that had dropped to 55 percent.
|
| One thing that may make a difference - my site is very local. In this
| region, one doesn't sneeze Downtown without your neighbors on the hill
| hearing you have a cold - before you get home. A small handful of people
| could easily convince dozens of others to change browsers.
|
| Mike
|
| Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
| > http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | In looking at the last 45 days of web stats, it looks like IE's grasp
on
| > | browsers is fading. I had a little over 12,000 visitors and IE's share
| > | (all versions) is 40%. Netscape (all versions) is 25%, AOL 28% and
| > | Mozilla 5%. When the percentage of hits (rather than visitors) is
| > | calculated, IE accounts for 47%, Netscape 41%, Mozilla 6.5% and AOL
4%.
| > |
| > | Someone is still using Netscape 1.x and another is using IE 2.x.
| > |
| > | If you are doing web pages that you want the vast majority of viewers
to
| > | see as designed, you "must" check them in IE as well as a variety of
| > | Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox. I also recommend Opera. Though it was less
| > | than .25 percent of visitors to my site, I believe it is still a
popular
| > | browser.
| > |
| > | Mike
| >
| >

 

[DavidF]

With the problems with IE7, that number may drop even further...

DavidF