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%

*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!

 

[RCuber]

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]

*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]

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