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No, I think it is generally from IE. If you look at Firefox, it is basically flat, over the past two years. All the growth is Chrome. See http://gs.statcount
by kenjackson 15y ago
No, I think it is generally from IE. If you look at Firefox, it is basically flat, over the past two years. All the growth is Chrome.
See http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200911-201105 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200911-201105
But it does raise a question, since they count browser usage, and not unique users -- I fully expect that ppl who use Chrome/FF to spend a LOT more time on the web browsing more sites. If we count unique users do we see a sharp uptick in IE percentage?
- shantanubala 15y agoYeah -- the actual user count probably favors IE. Especially if you define "user" as having used the browser in the past week or something (I know I have, but not because I like IE). Also, it seems that Firefox would've grown a lot more over the past couple years if not for Chrome (I feel like Firefox got a lot of new users over the past couple years, but also lost a decent amount of existing users).
- nextparadigms 15y agoI think browser usage is a better metric anyway. Why should I count as an IE user if I only open it once per month, or even once per week? How does that help them? Browser usage is much more important.
- kenjackson 15y agoI think they're both very valid metrics -- but of different things. For example, I spend about 50x more time online than my parents do, and I think we need a metric to capture that. But we also need a metric that points out that people who open up their computer once a day for 20 minutes to check email, pay bills, and read the news -- may have very different browser characteristics.