On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Bryan Quigley <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> According to StatCounter Global Statistics the most used browser version
>> on the web is Firefox 3.5.
>> <http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-weekly-200827-200951>Congrats 
>> to Mozilla (and the open web)!
>>
>> While I'm all for celebrations, I think getting euphoric over this
> statistic is a bit misleading .. as one can clearly see from the graph, ie6
> + 7 + 8 combined is still wayy ahead of Firefox all versions combined. I
> definitely think we should celebrate Firefox's phenomenal growth, but I
> think taking that statistic and making it sound like Firefox is the browser
> leader can only be construed as desperation / misleading.
>
> Definitely congrats to Firefox 3.5. But lets not fool ourselves .... there
> is much to be done to win this battle yet ...
>
> just my two bits,
> Sanjay
>

>From a web developer perspective, you can't just assume if it works in IE6
it will work in IE8 or vice versa.  You can assume that on Firefox 3.5.  I
agree, that I could have worded it better.  We definitely haven't "won" yet.

Also, that's why I wanted to use it as a rallying call (see finish off IE6
below). If you have a website please add it (it will add a little banner
encouraging IE6 users to upgrade).

Other than that I would really like other ideas for promoting Firefox in
India.  Maybe -- Hand out pamphlets to webcafes/anywhere we see IE being
used, wear Firefox t-shirts.

Any other ideas?

-Bryan

>
>
> But we can use this as a rallying call to do more. Let's Finish Off IE6
>> <http://www.ie6nomore.com/> (remove the links to IE8 and Safari if you
>> want, and maybe add one for Opera).
>>
>> (I also posted this on my blog,
>> http://gquigs.blogspot.com/2009/12/firefox-35-most-popular-browser-major.htmland
>>  if you use slashdot please +1 me)
>>
>> The stats for India are unfortunately much more in favor of IE6 (
>> http://gs.statcounter.com/chart.php?browser_version-IN-weekly-200827-200951)
>> But together we can do something about that,
>>  Bryan
>>
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