Jul 21
Just a quick post as i'm absolutely flat out at work, and haven't had time to double-check the statistics with any other sources.. but according to
W3Schools, Firefox overtook Internet Explorer this month for the first time. I understand their statistics are pretty obviously skewed towards the technically literate, being the type of site they are.. but irrespective of that, it's still an impressive change and an obvious drop in IE users:
| 2009 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE8 |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari |
Opera |
|---|
| June |
18.7% |
14.9% |
7.1% |
47.3% |
6.0% |
3.1% |
2.1% |
| May |
21.3% |
14.5% |
5.2% |
47.7% |
5.5% |
3.0% |
2.2% |
| April |
23.2% |
15.4% |
3.5% |
47.1% |
4.9% |
3.0% |
2.2% |
| March |
24.9% |
17.0% |
1.4% |
46.5% |
4.2% |
3.1% |
2.3% |
| February |
25.4% |
17.4% |
0.8% |
46.4% |
4.0% |
3.0% |
2.2% |
| January |
25.7% |
18.5% |
0.6% |
45.5% |
3.9% |
3.0% |
2.3% |
Another surprising statistic is how quickly browser resolutions have shot up past 1024x768.. a majority of users now have higher than this:
| Date |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Unknown |
|---|
| January 2009 |
57% |
36% |
4% |
0% |
3% |
| January 2008 |
38% |
48% |
8% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2007 |
26% |
54% |
14% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2006 |
17% |
57% |
20% |
0% |
6% |
Totally UNsurprising however, is the war of the Operating Systems.. haha. Hate it or love it, Windows is definitely here to stay. I am however impressed by the uptake of Win7 considering it hasn't even been released yet ;)
| 2009 |
WinXP |
W2000 |
Win7 |
Vista |
W2003 |
Linux |
Mac |
|---|
| June |
66.9% |
1.0% |
1.6% |
18.3% |
1.7% |
4.2% |
5.9% |
| May |
67.2% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
18.4% |
1.7% |
4.1% |
6.1% |
| April |
68.0% |
1.2% |
0.7% |
17.9% |
1.7% |
4.0% |
6.1% |
| March |
68.9% |
1.3% |
0.5% |
17.3% |
1.7% |
4.0% |
5.9% |
| February |
69.0% |
1.4% |
0.4% |
17.2% |
1.6% |
4.0% |
6.0% |
| January |
69.8% |
1.6% |
0.2% |
16.5% |
1.6% |
3.9% |
5.8% |
