I know that I have a skewed readership (in more ways than one…). As my programmer said to me: “Wow. Go IE! Go far, far away!”
It appears that Local Geeks don’t use IE but I still find these browser stats telling none the less as I like to think of us the “vanguard”:
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1. |
Firefox |
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September 12, 2009 – October 12, 2009 |
9,974 |
48.20% |
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August 12, 2009 – September 11, 2009 |
6,795 |
49.10% |
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2. |
Internet Explorer |
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September 12, 2009 – October 12, 2009 |
6,002 |
29.00% |
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August 12, 2009 – September 11, 2009 |
4,536 |
32.77% |
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3. |
Chrome |
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September 12, 2009 – October 12, 2009 |
2,479 |
11.98% |
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August 12, 2009 – September 11, 2009 |
1,230 |
8.89% |
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4. |
Safari |
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September 12, 2009 – October 12, 2009 |
1,792 |
8.66% |
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August 12, 2009 – September 11, 2009 |
1,001 |
7.23% |
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5. |
Opera |
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September 12, 2009 – October 12, 2009 |
211 |
1.02% |
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August 12, 2009 – September 11, 2009 |
140 |
1.01% |
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Since installing Chrome, I now use it as my default browser and only use Firefox & subsequently IE if I have to (browser sniffing, incompatibility, testing & so on).
I love that it is blazingly fast, I love the separate process per window and the memory management. I regularly have between 2-5 windows open with 5-25 tabs in each one and won’t close Chrome for over a week at a time and it just keeps on handing out the love.
When people ask me about it, I find it hard not to rave about it to them and suggest they install it to see if they like it as well. What shocked me was that I have switched browsers nearly exclusively and without Chrome having the plugin architecture that many have come to love with Firefox.
Comment by Alistair (1 comments) — October 14, 2009 @ 8:38 am
Alistair
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your experiences with Chrome. Being on Safari (with a Firefox supplement) I have not been as motivated to try Chrome but after this recommendation, I will give it a go. Thanks again.
Comment by Mike (1096 comments) — October 14, 2009 @ 8:46 am