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Only 9.6% of YC News Readers Use IE

22 points by waleedka 19y ago

nickb 19y ago
Thanks for the stats! Very interesting indeed. Most people here are technology trend-setters and are influencers. Usually, you can forecast what people will use in the next few years by looking at what "alpha geeks" use today (Tim O'Reilly's term). http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail716.html http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail716.html
- michaelneale 19y ago
  I am not so sure. I still think in 5 years time Windows will be the dominant desktop/client platform (yet the "alpha geeks" generally avoid it). I hope that isn't the case, but I know that it is just hope.
brlewis 19y ago
Most of the clients claiming to be IE were probably email address harvesting spiders.
imsteve 19y ago
...at work?
- xzibitendo11 19y ago
  that's my deal
mariorz 19y ago
I've got ff 75% vs ie 13% vs safari 7%, my app isn't specifically directed at hackers. http://www.marioromero.org/browserstats.png http://www.marioromero.org/browserstats.png site(app) http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2354684299 http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2354684299
- waleedka 19y ago
  Interesting. Although, I would guess that among Google Reader users, a very high percentage are tech oriented people.
  - mariorz 19y ago
    indeed, I'm not sure and I don't remember the exact number but I think that in that leaked? google reader video, the browser stats for their users were mentioned and ff was at the top.
Xichekolas 19y ago
I know I accidentally loaded YC News with IETab a couple times (have it installed in Firefox for browser testing). So those stats are definitely inflated... chuckles
- vlad 19y ago
  I was about to post the same thing.
gaborcselle 19y ago
Guilty as charged. I was a Vista early adopter (need it for dogfooding at work), and back when Firefox was doggedly slow in Vista, I went with IE and never switched back. IE7 isn't too bad. I realize making Firefox slow on Vista was probably not a deliberate marketing decision by Microsoft, but it certainly worked on me.
henning 19y ago
I think Windows could be over-represented in that data because people might visit from work, where they're forced to use Windows.
- xzibitendo11 19y ago
  agreed
karzeem 19y ago
I'd be interested to know what percentage are using IE 7 vs. IE 6.
- waleedka 19y ago
  It was 52.8% for IE7 and 46.6% for IE6. And there was one single user still using IE 4.01 !!!
  - andreyf 19y ago
    That's probably from a cell phone...
kirubakaran 19y ago
Accounting for the 9.6%: 1. 3.0% - IE at day job 2. 3.0% - Modified User Agent string 3. 3.0% - IE Tab in FF 4. 0.6% - Just for the irony of it
- waleedka 19y ago
  Or, Microsoft employees hitting "Refresh" all day. With apologies to my MS friends :)
- startupcrazy 19y ago
  How about... installed for testing and occasionally accidentally used during breaks.
nanijoe 19y ago
I use IE, not really sure what the 'hateration' is for since firefox is constantly freezing.
- ptn 19y ago
  Maybe you like being spied on, but most people don't.
ptn 19y ago
I'm currently using a laptop with Windows XP, because it isn't mine - if it were, it would have some Linux distro. But I do run a virtual machine with Ubuntu installed. Do I count as Linux or Windows?
sammyo 19y ago
I use IE... once a week to submit my time to a lame corporate outsourced timesheet.
twism 19y ago
I'm one of the 9.6%... On the iPhone now though

22 points by waleedka 19y ago

nickb 19y ago

Thanks for the stats! Very interesting indeed. Most people here are technology trend-setters and are influencers. Usually, you can forecast what people will use in the next few years by looking at what "alpha geeks" use today (Tim O'Reilly's term). http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail716.html http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail716.html

michaelneale 19y ago
I am not so sure. I still think in 5 years time Windows will be the dominant desktop/client platform (yet the "alpha geeks" generally avoid it). I hope that isn't the case, but I know that it is just hope.

brlewis 19y ago

Most of the clients claiming to be IE were probably email address harvesting spiders.

imsteve 19y ago

...at work?

xzibitendo11 19y ago
that's my deal

mariorz 19y ago

I've got ff 75% vs ie 13% vs safari 7%, my app isn't specifically directed at hackers. http://www.marioromero.org/browserstats.png http://www.marioromero.org/browserstats.png site(app) http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2354684299 http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2354684299

waleedka 19y ago
Interesting. Although, I would guess that among Google Reader users, a very high percentage are tech oriented people.
- mariorz 19y ago
  indeed, I'm not sure and I don't remember the exact number but I think that in that leaked? google reader video, the browser stats for their users were mentioned and ff was at the top.

Xichekolas 19y ago

I know I accidentally loaded YC News with IETab a couple times (have it installed in Firefox for browser testing). So those stats are definitely inflated... chuckles

vlad 19y ago
I was about to post the same thing.

gaborcselle 19y ago

Guilty as charged. I was a Vista early adopter (need it for dogfooding at work), and back when Firefox was doggedly slow in Vista, I went with IE and never switched back. IE7 isn't too bad. I realize making Firefox slow on Vista was probably not a deliberate marketing decision by Microsoft, but it certainly worked on me.

henning 19y ago

I think Windows could be over-represented in that data because people might visit from work, where they're forced to use Windows.

xzibitendo11 19y ago
agreed

karzeem 19y ago

I'd be interested to know what percentage are using IE 7 vs. IE 6.

waleedka 19y ago
It was 52.8% for IE7 and 46.6% for IE6. And there was one single user still using IE 4.01 !!!
- andreyf 19y ago
  That's probably from a cell phone...

kirubakaran 19y ago

Accounting for the 9.6%: 1. 3.0% - IE at day job 2. 3.0% - Modified User Agent string 3. 3.0% - IE Tab in FF 4. 0.6% - Just for the irony of it

waleedka 19y ago
Or, Microsoft employees hitting "Refresh" all day. With apologies to my MS friends :)
startupcrazy 19y ago
How about... installed for testing and occasionally accidentally used during breaks.

nanijoe 19y ago

I use IE, not really sure what the 'hateration' is for since firefox is constantly freezing.

ptn 19y ago
Maybe you like being spied on, but most people don't.

ptn 19y ago

I'm currently using a laptop with Windows XP, because it isn't mine - if it were, it would have some Linux distro. But I do run a virtual machine with Ubuntu installed. Do I count as Linux or Windows?

sammyo 19y ago

I use IE... once a week to submit my time to a lame corporate outsourced timesheet.

twism 19y ago

I'm one of the 9.6%... On the iPhone now though