Browser usage stats for July 2011

Good article - it just re-emphasise the lag SA has on technology trend uptake. Maybe because it takes so long for hardware to reach us and the relative price comparison. Hopefully it wil improve.
 
It is clear isn't it?

Buy Nokia, use Opera for mobile browsing. Or if you are on the net with your PC, use Internet Explorer (it is readily installed in all your computers after all).

If IE is too heavy for your PC Internet connection, then download Mozilla Firefox.

Simple.
 
Personally I have found IE to be really sluggish even with a 25Mbps (according to SpeedTest) connection. It is as if it constantly hangs. I have not played around to much with the settings but FF and Chrome both feel fast on a 1Mbps connection.

So I would not say it is that simple. IE is readily available but I find it only good for downloading Chrome or Firefox, and the odd occasion where Sharepoint or other ASP pages does not work very well in the Enterprise environment.

Edit: And I see IE crashing daily on the people who are running it where as Chrome (until their update in the last week or 2) only crashed maybe once a month.

McCrazieGoalz said:
Or if you are on the net with your PC, use Internet Explorer (it is readily installed in all your computers after all).

If IE is too heavy for your PC Internet connection, then download Mozilla Firefox.
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McCrazieGoalz said:
It is clear isn't it?

Buy Nokia, use Opera for mobile browsing. Or if you are on the net with your PC, use Internet Explorer (it is readily installed in all your computers after all).

If IE is too heavy for your PC Internet connection, then download Mozilla Firefox.

Simple.
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I'm not sure if you're joking or not... You're recommending a Nokia (who have abandoned Symbian for WM) and IE (note worldwide downward trend)? Also, please explain how IE is "heavy"?
 
"This does’t necessarily mean that StatCounter’s results are inaccurate or not representative as it may be possible that BlackBerry and Android users prefer alternative browsers, such as Opera’s."

Why would ANY Blackberry user use OPERA and GET charged when u can browse with BB Browser and DONT get charged.
 
hammell said:
I'm not sure if you're joking or not... You're recommending a Nokia (who have abandoned Symbian for WM) and IE (note worldwide downward trend)? Also, please explain how IE is "heavy"?
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For Nokia. Check the stats.

The only reason why the others are gaining ground on Nokia is because they are an alternative and their marketing surely has to pay dividends (IMO).

Sure Nokia doesn't have a tablet (yet), but the robustness of their hardware is undoubted. They have left the SW design to those who do it well - they clearly couldn't do it. You should ask people who have WP7 on their phones (some Samsung phones). They say it is quite good. And tablets? Patience is a virtue.

My problem with Google's approach is that they are trying to be everything to everyone (search engine, browser, mobile SW, social networking, email, phone calls, what else, oh, they just bought Motorola Mobile). Before you know it. Everything will be Google. Beware the hegemony.

As for the heaviness of IE. I experienced it on my home PC. I couldn't run speedtest.net on it because I had to do some sort of update, which I cannot remember whether it actually failed or simply took too long for me to do, so I went for Firefox. Firefox downloaded the browser update quickly and is now my preferred browser.
 
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McCrazieGoalz said:
Or if you are on the net with your PC, use Internet Explorer (it is readily installed in all your computers after all).

If IE is too heavy for your PC Internet connection, then download Mozilla Firefox.
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McCrazieGoalz said:
As for the heaviness of IE. I experienced it on my home PC. I couldn't run speedtest.net on it because I had to do some sort of update, which I cannot remember whether it actually failed or simply took too long for me to do, so I went for Firefox. Firefox downloaded the browser update quickly and is now my preferred browser.
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So you basically had a bad experience with IE but you are recommending it to others nonetheless? I don't understand.
 
Viva said:
So you basically had a bad experience with IE but you are recommending it to others nonetheless? I don't understand.
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I still use IE at work because the connection is better than the one I have at home. Also, because it is company policy.

Besides, I don't need to download nothing to start using it. So, yes, use IE because it is easier.
 
:erm: Dude you must be smoking the good stuff.

Though there are disputes regarding the accuracy of the statistics collected by organisations like StatCounter
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Uhm yeah. All the Firefox users are running adblockers & tracking blockers. Pretty sure none of the other browser can match FF's ability to do that. Hell chrome can't even block ads properly.
 
chrome loads faster for me, will keep on using it , maybe switch back to ff later on, what ever feels faster i will use that one.

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HavocXphere said:
:erm: Dude you must be smoking the good stuff.


Uhm yeah. All the Firefox users are running adblockers & tracking blockers. Pretty sure none of the other browser can match FF's ability to do that. Hell chrome can't even block ads properly.
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browser detection is based on the user-agent header. i'm not sure how this correlates to ad blocking.
you can get adblock for chrome. is there some kind of custom config you require which isn't available in the chrome extension?
 
I still can't believe how so few people are using Opera.

I love Opera, if I really have to I switch to Chrome.

HATE IE!!!!
 
McCrazieGoalz said:
It is clear isn't it?

Buy Nokia, use Opera for mobile browsing. Or if you are on the net with your PC, use Internet Explorer (it is readily installed in all your computers after all).

If IE is too heavy for your PC Internet connection, then download Mozilla Firefox.

Simple.
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Uhh no.

If you are on your PC, you should never use IE. Delete that crap off it as soon as you get the computer. Use Chrome or Firefox.
 
Ironic IE is the most used browser for accessing this anti-MS website.
 
Viva said:
Yip, but what is the advantage of using a 64-bit browser?
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Dude, did you not know these new Web2.0 websites require 3+ GB of memory?! The reason it is loading so slow on your PC is probably because you are not running a 64bit system, nothing to do with infrastructure ;)
 
jmak said:
Dude, did you not know these new Web2.0 websites require 3+ GB of memory?! The reason it is loading so slow on your PC is probably because you are not running a 64bit system, nothing to do with infrastructure ;)
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I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with 4GB memory and I have both Chrome (x86) and Internet Explorer (x86 & x64) installed. Chrome is much faster than IE (both x86 & x64), just because Chrome is a better browser. So what is the advantage of a 64-bit browser?
 
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