The Dev Shack » Web Browsers http://www.thedevshack.com Technology and Programming Blog Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Update to Yesterday’s Browser Post http://www.thedevshack.com/update-to-yesterdays-browser-post/ http://www.thedevshack.com/update-to-yesterdays-browser-post/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:05:33 +0000 mfleming http://www.thedevshack.com/update-to-yesterdays-browser-post/ I saw this little stat on Lifehacker this morning to add to yesterday's post about the browser market.  Microsoft released a beta version of IE8 a few weeks ago, and it already has the market share that Google Chrome does.  So folks must really be wanting to check out IE8 or as the Lifehacker post notes developers are trying to make sure their sites work on IE8 before it's released to the masses.

]]> http://www.thedevshack.com/update-to-yesterdays-browser-post/feed/ 0 Browser Wars Getting Closer http://www.thedevshack.com/browser-wars-getting-closer/ http://www.thedevshack.com/browser-wars-getting-closer/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:17:42 +0000 mfleming http://www.thedevshack.com/browser-wars-getting-closer/ With the growing number of web browsers out today it proves a tough challenge to develop across all browsers.  I try to keep tabs on the current browser share in the market, to make sure you can at least cater to the masses.  A look at the latest numbers shows that Internet Explorer is still the beast in the market, at 67.5%.  That number is falling sharply though.  Just last March they had a 74.8% share of the market.  So the gap is closing.  Firefox is slowing catching them, coming home second at 21.5%.  That number is up from their 17.8% share in March.

Browser share as of January 2009:
Internet Explorer (67.5%)
Firefox (21.5%)
Safari (8.2%)
Chrome (1.1%)
Opera (.7%)
Netscape (.5%)
Other (.2%)

Data courtesy of MarketShare

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