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I'm a fan of Chrome, but let's remember the demographic here before we get out of hand: Techcrunch, and similar websites and blogs, cater to the technologicall
by joshes 16y ago
I'm a fan of Chrome, but let's remember the demographic here before we get out of hand:
Techcrunch, and similar websites and blogs, cater to the technologically savvy elite. The people visiting websites like Techcrunch are very much in tune with the latest software and the latest tech trends and movements.
Websites that do not cater to this demographic paint a very different story, ie. Wikimedia in October 2010:
IE - 44.72%;
Firefox - 29.67%;
Chrome - 9.71%;
Safari - 5.57%;
Opera - 3.48%;
Mobile Browser - 4.70%;
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Wikimedia_web_browser_usage_share_2010_10.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Wikimedia...
On a website visited by a much wider swath of the Internet citizenry, IE still dominates. Hopefully, and I believe quite likely, Firefox and Chrome will become the definitive standard for sites like this in the not-so-distant future.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoGood thing the article explicitly included text that disclaimed that. Repeatedly. And in the title. Good thing you're ensuring we don't get out of hand. (Especially considering this is the first and only post I've even seen that mentions the numbers or percentages.)
- listic 16y agoStatistics for the whole of Russia in October 2010: IE - 32.0%; Firefox - 26.3; Chrome - 7.3%; Safari - 0.8%; Opera - 23.9%; Opera Mini - 8.5%. This is from liveinternet.ru, the most popular site tracker (visitor counter) in Russia. http://www.liveinternet.ru/stat/ru/browsers.html?period=month http://www.liveinternet.ru/stat/ru/browsers.html?period=mont...
- heyitsnick 16y agoDo you know why Opera is doing so well in Russia?
- Hovertruck 16y agoAFAIK, Opera is one of the most popular browsers throughout all of Eastern Europe (I think it's #1 in Ukraine). From what I know, a large part of this is that back in the day, internet connections in those regions were so slow that Opera's feature set (which at the time was far and away better than other options) made browsing a much better experience. It aggressively cached content, allowed easy access to disabling images, didn't automatically reload pages while navigating back through history, etc.