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Browser Wars: July was not a month for revolutions
In: Browsers| Internet| The Web| Web Performance| Web analytics| analytics
29 Jul 2009Once again it is time to analyze browser usage in the US for the last month. July saw the appearance of Firefox 3.5, which has replicated the pattern seen with Internet Explorer 8, where it supplants the previous version slowly and linearly as people get around to upgrading.
Can MSIE 8 overtake MSIE 7 in August? [...]
Browser Wars: June was an interesting month
In: Browsers| Internet| Software| The Web| Web Performance| Web analytics| analytics
1 Jul 2009June is one of my favorite months. The sun returns (although in the Boston area there are concerned that it has been replaced by clouds and humidity), the kids get out of school (and get sent to camp), and the outdoor pool opens (and I actually swim in it).
In the US browser market, Internet Explorer [...]
Browser Wars: Internet Explorer 8 Usage in US Now Tied with Internet Explorer 6
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17 Jun 2009This week marks a momentous time in the history of the Internet. In the United States, StatCounter reports that for the first three days of the work week (Monday – Friday), Internet Explorer 8 usage is equal to Internet Explorer 6 usage.
Tie this to the trend of decreasing Internet Explorer usage noted late last week [...]
Browser Wars – Internet Explorer 7 Use Collapses in the US
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11 Jun 2009I have been monitoring this trend for a couple of weeks to see if it remained constant, and it appears to be a real thing. Since the end of May 2009, Internet Explorer 7’s browser share in the US has collapsed, with a requisite increase in the use of Firefox 3.0.
This is a staggering change. [...]
Browser Wars: The Slow Rise of Internet Explorer 8
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11 May 2009Since its GA release on March 19 and its addition to Windows Update in late April, Internet Explorer 8 has been gradually increasing its market share in the US. Based on the current growth pattern in StatCounter’s GlobalStats data, it appears that Internet Explorer 8 will overtake Internet Explorer 6 sometime in late May or [...]
Browser Wars: Why Internet Explorer 6 Still Exists
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2 May 2009At CNet News today, the article What browser wars? The enterprise still loves IE 6 nicely sums all the reasons that Internet Explorer 6 is still in use in enterprise environments. The dominance of Internet Explorer 6 in the workplace is something I discussed a few days ago, supported by the pattern of higher weekday [...]
Browser Wars: Internet Explorer 8.0 Released on Windows Update
In: Browsers| Internet| The Web| Web Performance| Web analytics| analytics
29 Apr 2009While I was performing my standard Windows Update on my work virtual machine this morning, I wondered if the promised Internet Explorer 8.0 release to Windows Update had been dropped.
I switched to my test-bed, vanilla Windows XP virtual machine, ran Windows Update, and PING! Up it came. The masses of people who blindly do what [...]
Browser Wars: The Unique Pattern Of MSIE 6.0
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27 Apr 2009Internet Explorer 6.0, that infamous dinosaur from the dark ages of 2001, is still with us. And on occasion, I have hinted that this is the result of the biblically-slow pace of change in large corporate IT departments.
Well, now I have proof of this.
Using data from our good friends at StatCounter, this graph leaped from [...]
Browser Wars: StatCounter Data for Europe
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17 Apr 2009In the previous installment in this series, I looked at the browser share in North America. Across the water in Europe, the browser distribution metrics show the unique flavor that this continent brings to this fluid arena.
In Europe, MSIE7 and Firefox 3 are effectively tied for the lead as the most dominant browser, followed distantly [...]
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Effective Web Performance: An Introduction and A Manifesto
In: Blogging| Browsers| Commentary| Effective Web Performance| Internet| Technology| The Web| Web Performance| Web analytics| WebPerformance.Org| analytics
19 Aug 2009Every so often, you wake up and realize that the world has changed around you. Or, to say it better, your view of the world has changed so profoundly, but also so subtly and slowly that it is imperceptible unless you take the time to look back at where you came from.
Six years ago, if [...]