Comments on: Browser & OS Stats for October 2008: Firefox Almost at 20% http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Me http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-145877 Me Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:02:13 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-145877 Still using good ole Win95 with Opera, Netscape and occasionally IE. Not into checking email or browsing by phone, txt msging is turned off, not interested in spam. Would never use a tiny screen to surf the Web. But I believe that in Japan and one other country, the Web, video, etc... have been hot for yrs via cell phones. I'll save my money instead. Still using good ole Win95 with Opera, Netscape and occasionally IE. Not into checking email or browsing by phone, txt msging is turned off, not interested in spam. Would never use a tiny screen to surf the Web. But I believe that in Japan and one other country, the Web, video, etc… have been hot for yrs via cell phones. I’ll save my money instead.

]]> By: zelrik http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144546 zelrik Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:05:28 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144546 97.79%, that where the shares adds up for the OS. So they are missing 2.21% of Linux users :p No seriously, it's clearly biased for small percentages. 97.79%, that where the shares adds up for the OS. So they are missing 2.21% of Linux users :p

No seriously, it’s clearly biased for small percentages.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144437 Ryan Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:23:01 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144437 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144398" rel="nofollow">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote><div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144286" rel="nofollow">DKong wrote:</a><blockquote>“That means more people are using the iPhone to surf the Internet than PC’s running Windows 98. Crazy. ” Is it really crazy? I mean really…98 is really outdated. People are using XP and Vista. The iPhone is also pretty popular…so I really don’t find it crazy that the iPhone is beating 98, not crazy at all.</blockquote></div> I don’t find it crazy that the iphone is beating 98. I do find it crazy that people are actually browsing on a.. what is it, 2? by 3? screen? ;)</blockquote></div> I don't view a whole lot of full sites on the iPhone... most of what I view are sites that have been adapted to the iPhone's screen. A good example of that is Google Reader. Anonymous wrote:
DKong wrote:
“That means more people are using the iPhone to surf the Internet than PC’s running Windows 98. Crazy. ”
Is it really crazy? I mean really…98 is really outdated. People are using XP and Vista. The iPhone is also pretty popular…so I really don’t find it crazy that the iPhone is beating 98, not crazy at all.

I don’t find it crazy that the iphone is beating 98. I do find it crazy that people are actually browsing on a.. what is it, 2? by 3? screen? ;)

I don’t view a whole lot of full sites on the iPhone… most of what I view are sites that have been adapted to the iPhone’s screen. A good example of that is Google Reader.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144398 Anonymous Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:00:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144398 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144286" rel="nofollow">DKong wrote:</a><blockquote>“That means more people are using the iPhone to surf the Internet than PC’s running Windows 98. Crazy. ” Is it really crazy? I mean really…98 is really outdated. People are using XP and Vista. The iPhone is also pretty popular…so I really don’t find it crazy that the iPhone is beating 98, not crazy at all.</blockquote></div> I don't find it crazy that the iphone is beating 98. I do find it crazy that people are actually browsing on a.. what is it, 2" by 3" screen? ;) DKong wrote:
“That means more people are using the iPhone to surf the Internet than PC’s running Windows 98. Crazy. ”

Is it really crazy? I mean really…98 is really outdated. People are using XP and Vista. The iPhone is also pretty popular…so I really don’t find it crazy that the iPhone is beating 98, not crazy at all.

I don’t find it crazy that the iphone is beating 98. I do find it crazy that people are actually browsing on a.. what is it, 2″ by 3″ screen? ;)

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144362 Ryan Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:41:31 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144362 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144339" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Will be looking forward to Ryan’s update in a couple of months. :)</blockquote></div> Hopefully it won't be that long... I'd like to do them every month but they've been slipping my mind. ;) Mohan wrote:
Will be looking forward to Ryan’s update in a couple of months. :)

Hopefully it won’t be that long… I’d like to do them every month but they’ve been slipping my mind. ;)

]]> By: Mohan http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144339 Mohan Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:31:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144339 I think the Linux market share went down because between July and Sept. Canonical update the user agent in Ubuntu to reflect Ubuntu and not Linux. So all the 8 Million users (Mark's word not mine) are giving out Ubuntu as the user agent and not Linux. Congrats to Firefox, and I can't wait to see the market share of Fennec when that comes out. ;) Will be looking forward to Ryan's update in a couple of months. :) I think the Linux market share went down because between July and Sept. Canonical update the user agent in Ubuntu to reflect Ubuntu and not Linux. So all the 8 Million users (Mark’s word not mine) are giving out Ubuntu as the user agent and not Linux.

Congrats to Firefox, and I can’t wait to see the market share of Fennec when that comes out. ;)

Will be looking forward to Ryan’s update in a couple of months. :)

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144306 Ryan Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:16:18 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144306 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144291" rel="nofollow">Transcontinental wrote:</a><blockquote>Concerning Firefox, its use is over 31% in Europe/09-2008 according to XiTi Monitor (http://www.xitimonitor.com/fr-fr/barometre-des-navigateurs/barometre-des-navigateurs-septembre-2008/index-1-1-3-145.html) and I think the USA is among the bottom-line Firefox use worldwide, quite amazingly (or not ?)</blockquote></div> I believe these stats are taken from worldwide usage. The sites they pull the stats from might be predominantly U.S. based, but I don't think they exclude traffic from individuals outside the U.S. I wonder what the U.S. market share actually is. It's too bad none of these companies release accurate stats about their browsers. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144286" rel="nofollow">DKong wrote:</a><blockquote>I mean really…98 is really outdated. People are using XP and Vista. The iPhone is also pretty popular…so I really don’t find it crazy that the iPhone is beating 98, not crazy at all.</blockquote></div> That is very true, but to see a mobile browser finally get used so much on the Internet that it shows up in the stats is awesome. Transcontinental wrote:
Concerning Firefox, its use is over 31% in Europe/09-2008 according to XiTi Monitor ([xitimonitor.com]) and I think the USA is among the bottom-line Firefox use worldwide, quite amazingly (or not ?)

I believe these stats are taken from worldwide usage. The sites they pull the stats from might be predominantly U.S. based, but I don’t think they exclude traffic from individuals outside the U.S. I wonder what the U.S. market share actually is. It’s too bad none of these companies release accurate stats about their browsers.

DKong wrote:
I mean really…98 is really outdated. People are using XP and Vista. The iPhone is also pretty popular…so I really don’t find it crazy that the iPhone is beating 98, not crazy at all.

That is very true, but to see a mobile browser finally get used so much on the Internet that it shows up in the stats is awesome.

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]]> By: Omar Upegui http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144294 Omar Upegui Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:02:00 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144294 I'm glad Firefox is advancing in big strides. It's barely reaching the elusive landmark. Internet Explorer is so perplex of what's going on the Internet, it can't retain its users. I love those charts. Great work Ryan! I’m glad Firefox is advancing in big strides. It’s barely reaching the elusive landmark. Internet Explorer is so perplex of what’s going on the Internet, it can’t retain its users.

I love those charts. Great work Ryan!

]]> By: jacques http://cybernetnews.com/browser-os-stats-for-october-2008-firefox-almost-at-20/comment-page-1/#comment-144292 jacques Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:49:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15585#comment-144292 Always amazing, these stats. Being since years an Opera user, i'd like to see its use increase, too. At least, more than its +0.06%. Also, i thought Vista a bit higher, and even didn't figure out W. 98 and Me could have this score today. iPhone score, on the other hand, is not so amazing when thinking. Always amazing, these stats.
Being since years an Opera user, i’d like to see its use increase, too. At least, more than its +0.06%.
Also, i thought Vista a bit higher, and even didn’t figure out W. 98 and Me could have this score today.
iPhone score, on the other hand, is not so amazing when thinking.

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