On Thursday 06 January 2011 01:29 PM, Shamit Verma wrote: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan<[email protected]>wrote: >> >> But then you are counting entire Blackberry under Webkit - which is >> probably not true (only recent Blackberries I believe, have >> Webkit-based browsers). >> >> Also, Nokia uses Webkit only on S60 mobiles - the S40 and older >> mobiles all had non-Webkit browsers (my Nokia 6303 Classic came with >> Opera Mini pre-installed). >> >> Lastly, Opera has a number of private-labeling deals with OEMs - in >> the Statcounter chart, there is an entry for Samsung, which is one >> such. I think Samsung's non-S60 mobiles all use Opera. >> >> Mind you, I don't doubt Webkit is gaining popularity - Apple ported it >> to iOS, Nokia to S60, Google to Android - all large markets. But what >> I'm doubting is if it has already overtaken Opera. >> >> > This percentage is based on number of http requests and unique users making > those requests. On every http request, client sends a header to server to > identify itself. This header indludes info on OS, Browser versions etc. > > Statcounter, NetApplications and others take this data from Layer1 routers > and poulblish aggregate data. Opera made its claim on these numbers. > > Opera, when it is running on Samsung or Nokia or iOS identifies itself as > Opera. So if you are using Nokia 6303: > > > 1. If you use Nokia's built in browser, Header will report that as Nokia > browser running on Symbian > 2. If you use Opera Mini, Header will report that Opera running on > Symbian > > To debunk Opera's claims, sum of Android + iOS is enough. Because that alone > is 36% which is MUCH higher than Opera's share of total http requests. > Android and iOS browsers are based on Webkit. Others like Symbian / Smasung > have mixed engines (Webkit on latest phones, custom engines on others). > > So it boils down to the fact that if a browser is willing to give up its identity and let the individual hardware makers use its code but add their own label to it then it will be more popular.
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