ie rulz, firefox catching up. opera a long way to go...

[anandk]

here r some interesting new statistics about web browser usage.
ie still rulz, firefox fast catching up. opera a long way to go still...

Web Browser % usage

1 Internet Explorer 6.0 66%
2 Firefox 1.5 21%
3 Firefox 1.0 4%
4 Internet Explorer 7.0 1%
5 Safari 2.0 1%
6 Opera 9.0 <1%
7 Opera 8.5 <1%
8 Mozilla 1.7 <1%
9 Safari 1.3 <1%
10 Internet Explorer 5.5 <1%

http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats/

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

well firefox WILL catch up

[martian]

Well, whatever be the stats, I love Opera! Internet Explorer is a total Crap!

[xenkatesh]

Dude Firefox in the next gen future browser... IE s***ks Its known by everyone here...

[dIgItaL_BrAt]

GOD!
not another Firefox vs IE vs Opera war!

[Charan]

with all respect to anandk, this post will again start the Browser war here .

[anandk]

hell, no intention to start a war
if i had posted in the sw section dscsng merits, it cud be construed as that.
i m merely posting the latest usage statistics in the news section...

[xenkatesh]

Ya but... u know one thing.. News > Argument > War... thats how it goes... IE is been used my most of ppl all over the world... but firefox is gradually increasing it users day by day.. its gona beat IE very soon...

[deathvirus_me]

Firefox v3.0 aka Minefield is the best ... well i don't get to use many add-ons in it , but the manual tweaks are enough ... nothing beats it ... i'm currently using Flock , Firefox v1.5.0.4 , Firefox v3.0 , Internet Explorer 7 , and Opera 9 ... and out of them all , i'd rate Firefox v3.0 the best ...

[elegant]

the validity of the statistics are in stake, so they'r saying safari and opera outclasses netscape.. not in a good taste.

[Vyasram]

yeah, ie would suffice most of the ppl coz itzz the only thing taught to them

[tuxfan]

Originally Posted by anandk

http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats/

Cool link man!! It helped me get a new site-designing job. I showed a client these stats and then his site in different browsers . He immidiately realised that his site needs a make over

[blueshift]

IE is nothing but looking forward to IE7.
For those who hate IE, use Maxthon instead.
btw I am Opera user.

Those statistics dont actually give the exact figure of corresponding browsers. See Opera is identified by default as IE. So the users for Opera may be even more than given! Opera is really intelligent browser. It doesn't plugins like FF but everything is inbuilt!!

[Pathik]

My browser usage: Opera 9.01-98% IE -1% FireFOX -1&

[aryayush]

Mine: Opera 9.01 - 99.99%, IE6 - 0.01%.
LOL!

[DeSmOnD dAvId]

If you ask me,

IE = Total Crap, unsafe, unsecure, slow, crash prone.

I love FireFox then Opera. Firefox gives awsome quality and speed. Opera; good speed and good mail client.

[casanova]

Opera - mostly
ie 6 - rarely. only for gmail to be more precise.

[tuxfan]

I am happy that Opera doesn't have big market share That way it takes the charm away from virus writers to harm Opera users and then I am safe

[the deconstructionist]

IE rules because others donot know about FF and Opera. IE comes default with windows thats why.

[knight17]

The % of IE7 is not increasing because.
Few people like me have cracked it to run on pirated versions....
The pirates are also using the net.
But i dont think IE7 is worth testing,I currently use Opera 9(Very Good)
with Avant Browser for sites that need IE

[DeSmOnD dAvId]

Originally Posted by the deconstructionist

IE rules because others donot know about FF and Opera. IE comes default with windows thats why.

True that others do not know about FF and Opera. I have one thing to say to the world:"Jago mohan pyare". FF and Opera are more fast, secure and anytime better than IE.

See this, for monthly updates on Browser Statistics.

[Pathik]

i dont beleive that the usage of opera was only 1.4% in june 06...
this cd be due to the fact that many users keep the user agent as IE in opera

[rkrkrk21]

actually the fact is that m,much of the end users are not aware of firefox as a
result of which they tend tend to use internet explorer,which comes as the default browser in the windows platform...

but newaz MOZILLA FIREFOX IS GONNA TAKE OVER IT AT SOME POINT..

[DeSmOnD dAvId]

Originally Posted by rkrkrk21

but newaz MOZILLA FIREFOX IS GONNA TAKE OVER IT AT SOME POINT..

yeah man,

Hope that day comes soon!

[xenkatesh]

My choice is always Mozilla Firefoxxxxxxx.... Roxxxxxxx

[Brave_Hunt]

Let the IE7 be launched officialy I'm sure other browser(s) will fall in great trouble.

[the deconstructionist]

Average users do not have brand loyalty towards browsers, its only people like us who fight over FF, IE or Op. For any thing will do as long as their page is loaded.