Lesley Binks wrote: > Bobby Jack wrote: >> --- On Wed, 8/20/08, Lesley Binks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> According to these statistics >>> http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp >>> Firefox is used by >>> about 42% of the population with IE7 and IE6 combined >>> making up 51.7% of >>> usage with IE7 just under 27%. I think these stats might >>> only refer to >>> those that access that site. Maybe FF is the predominant >>> browser >>> amongst web folk? >> I think those stats are very much skewed to the audience: web >> 'professionals' (I hate to use that term since I've found much on w3schools >> is really aimed at amateurs). I do some work for a much more general-purpose >> audience, and while the overall traffic is relatively low, the browser >> ratios are more like IE 77%, FF 17%, Safari 4%, Opera < 1%. It pains me to >> say it, but Firefox is still really a minority browser. >> >> I do, however, wholeheartedly agree with the suggested approach: develop in >> a good (i.e. non-IE) browser first, to spec., then go and fix for the parts >> of the spec. that fail in IE. >> >> - Bobby > > Well, I did wonder about those stats and they may well be skewed in > favour of web folk - even if they are amateurs. > > Back in the late 90s - early 2000's the argument was pretty much the > same ... IE is the predominant browser so design for that mostly. > However then the alternative browser usage was put at about 5% with 95% > being IE. The question Firefox and Opera supporters posed then was, can > you or your clients afford to ignore 5% of your market? So I guess that > question can now be updated to can you or your clients afford to ignore > 23% of your market?
Percentages always need to be understood as real numbers. Multiply the percentage across the size of your market and decide if you really want to throw away that many potential customers. -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
