Comments on: Web Browser Statistics

By: Dominic Kelly

Dominic Kelly — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:48:56 +0000

@Phil – that’s the strangest looking Penguin I’ve ever seen! You been at the real ale early or something?

By: Dom

Dom — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:56:09 +0000

“Thankfully, they’ve now put that right with Windows 7.”

All this intelligent debate is becoming somewhat tiresome. At the end of the day Windows sucks!

By: Phil Jefferies

Phil Jefferies — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:05:17 +0000

I say ditch the lot in favour of Linux !

The future is penguin shaped !

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By: Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:52:25 +0000

@Richard Walker
I think you’re right, that is probably where those stats come from. WGA/WXGA screens were first seen on laptops, so it makes sense that they should peak first.

As desktops are now generally shipping with wide TFTs as standard, I still expect to see higher resolutions like 1440×900 making it to the top of the list.

Time will tell!

By: Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:36:54 +0000

IE6 is on the decline as it has been superceeded. Eventually everyone will upgrade to IE7 or IE8 and IE6 will pass away as you wish.

OSX is on the rise in an inversely proportional scale to that of Windows Vista. We can deduce from this (as most of the industry agrees) that Microsoft lost many customers due to the appalling excuse for a replacement to Windows XP.

Prior to SP1, Vista was unstable, unruly and gave a terrible user experience. It’s a fact, they upset people, and rather than use the aging XP, some people (with money to burn) moved to Apple Mac.

Thankfully, they’ve now put that right with Windows 7. I have no doubt that Microsoft will not only reclaim their lost sheep, but regain even more ground over Apple’s overpriced toy.

So maybe one day we’ll both see our dreams come true.

By: Dominic Kelly

Dominic Kelly — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:30:04 +0000

“I have to say – although you might have it in for Mac’s, as small (in comparison) as there user base is it will always be a solid, loyal one, which would be foolish to dismiss.”

@ Richard: Please feel free to feed and poke the Microsoft troll as much as you like.

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:19:28 +0000

You are incorrectly assuming that my only reason for dropping IE6 support is due to it’s low market share, when in fact that is only a very small part of the picture. My main desire is to tactfully nudge the planet’s sys admins into upgrading their outdated networks and get with the times. Even one Agency like ours can make a difference! Collectively, we can change the entire internet landscape. Will you help fight the noble cause, or are you happy with the Status Quo?

OSX is a perfectly valid platform with more than sufficient users to warrant graceful support. I will certainly will not stop developing for it, and I take exception to anyone in favour of doing so.

One other thing you, perhaps, haven’t considered is that IE6 market share is in decline and OSX market share is on the rise.

By: Richard Walker

Richard Walker — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:12:42 +0000

I’d agree there has to be truth in the whole Microsoft spoon feeding with IE. I also think Firefox will be the daddy one day, since IE7 & IE8 had to follow their lead with Mozilla’s quite brilliant success of setting the standard for ‘standards compliant browsers’. You have to take your hat off to their success and for that reason everyone should use it. Although, I’m having trouble with some aspx pages working in Firefox – which is a bit of a downer.

I have to say – although you may have it in for Mac’s, as small (in comparison) as there user base is it will always be a solid, loyal one, which would be foolish to dismiss.

By: Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:06:30 +0000

Oh, and you can get Firefox for Windows 7 now.

But to be honest, I prefer IE8. It’s faster and far more stable.

By: Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:04:07 +0000

I had my tonge firmly in my cheek when I posted up the Save IE6 page, if you have a look at the site, you’ll see that it’s actually a satirical site. Worth a read! It’s very funny

You’re right on many points there Norton, but the real point here, my underlying not-so-hidden agenda is that it’s a totaly waste of time and effort doing browser testing on what is really a statistically insignificant and essentially dead operating system. (or at least, it will be when Win 7 hit’s the shelves!)

My comment on ditch Mac before IE6 was more of a global plan for the world. Together with open hardware and Windows 7 we can stamp out this Apple nonsence once and for all.

Vive le Windows!