Well, there are a lot of people out there of the older generation who use a browse and see the one already installed on their desktop and use it. You have to make a special effort to download and use Firefox. For those with little computer knowledge, they will use what is already installed. Until Firefox can get the manufacturers to install their browser as well, it will always be this way. Because of Windows OS licensing, IE will always be installed and setup as the default.
Seems like FF is not going to win unless they can get equal footing on the desktop to begin with. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Joe Sondow <[email protected]> wrote: > That's one way to look at it. Here's another. > > Of the traffic measured by statcounter.com, about 30% consists of > Firefox versions (22% + 8%) and about 56% consists of IE versions (21% > + 20% + 14%). Since most sites probably don't use statcounter.com, > these numbers are pretty arbitrary. However, a 2-to-1 win for IE over > Firefox is what I've seen in other recent comparisons as well. That's > why I still run Selenium tests on a Windows box, for the sake of > native IE testing. > > There's certainly some progress for Firefox in growing their slice of > the pie recently. It's no longer enough to target IE alone if you need > 90% perceived correctness in your web site. My hunch is that this > trend is partly due to gradual cultural changes towards a more > computer-savvy population. The effect may plateau when the remaining > IE users are the ones who will never care about any of the reasons to > switch from Windows or from IE. > > Cheers, > Joe Sondow > > On Dec 21, 12:34 pm, vogella <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > this stat is interesting, seems like Firefox 3.5 is now the most used > > browser. > > > > http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-weekly-200827-200951 > > > > Best regards, Lars > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
