Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> ____/ bbgruff on Wednesday 02 July 2008 17:41 : \____
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>> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
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>>> The breakdown is as follows:
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>>> * 577 million outdated Microsoft Internet Explorer users
>>> * 38 million outdated Mozilla Firefox users
>>> * 17 million outdated Apple Safari users
>>> * 5 million outdated Opera users.
>>>
>>> [I've not a clue as to how accurate these figures are.]
>>
>> Let me try some figures on you, Ghost?
>>
>> From one site, often quoted here (granted, perhaps/probably not accurate):-
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=3
>>
>> we see that browser User Base is billed as:-
>> I.E.7 45.45%
>> I.E.6 26.38%
>> Firefox (3.0 + 2.0) 18.44%
>> Safari (3.1 + 3.2) 5.43%
>> Opera 0.73%
>>
>> Lumping I.E.6 and I.E.7 together (as I have for versions of the others) and
>> putting in brackets the % of "your" 637 million users who are not up to
>> date for each browser, I get:-
>>
>> I.E.(7.0 + 6.0) 71.83% (but 90.6% of the people not up to date))
>> Firefox (3.0 + 2.0) 18.44% (5.8%)
>> Safari (3.1 + 3.2) 5.43% (2.7%)
>> Opera 0.73% (0.8%)
>>
>> You see what's happening?
>> Firefox users are *much* more likely to be up to date than others, Safari
>> users are more likely to be up to date, but I.E. users are considerably
>> *less* likely to be up to date.
>>
>> Why?
>> imo the "why" is related to why 26.38% of users are still using I.E.6.
>>
>> Have *you* any idea why they don't shift to I.E.7 at least?
>> I can think of only two reasons really, excepting web developrs etc. who
>> will need it for testing, etc:-
>>
>> 1. I keep hearing "Linux is for geeks" etc.
>> Perhaps there's a tad of truth in that.
>> I think we can postulate that Linux users, on average, are more likely
>> to know what they are doing? Similarly, somebody who swaps browsers
>> from what they are given to what they choose to use?
>> Hence, although obviously not all Windows and/or I.E. users are
>> ignorant, most of the most ignorant users will be using Windows/I.E.
>>
>> 2. How any Windows systems are pirated, and (thereby?) perhaps not
>> receiving updates?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/linkscanner_fake_traffic_temporary_fix/
> Firefox on Linux updates itself. The same goes for Thunderbird. It's very
> reliable in the sense that nothing unexpectedly 'breaks' after an update
> (unlike Windows Update).
True:-)
Doesn't the same apply on Windows though - doesn't Firefox come up with "later
version available" and offer to install it?
- and thanks for the link (which I spotted a short time ago in another thread
of yours. That adds a "3." to my list!
Presumably what they have to say means that both I.E.6 and Windows will be
over-counted on many web sites?
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