State of browsers report March 2014

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#143703 24-Apr-2014 09:42

I've just posted the State of Browsers Geekzone report March 2014 in my blog. Have a look for some comparisons with previous years...

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#1030415 24-Apr-2014 09:58

We only have IE at my work (can't remember which version). At home, I prefer to use Chrome for everything.

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#1041499 10-May-2014 21:53

Opera didn't even feature...

Time to find a new industry!

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#1041500 10-May-2014 21:54

Nope, sorry. Just a handful of visitors really.

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#1041505 10-May-2014 22:10

freitasm [blog]: It seems businesses are slowly moving away from Internet Explorer, with Chrome now showing 46% adoption, up from 39% last year.

Interesting comment there. My feeling is many organisations no longer strictly mandate a browser as they once did. Now they may still mandate officially but show more tolerance for users selecting their own from a list of org approved browser install packages, and restricting to a single known browser is longer seen as a security/management advantage in many organisations.

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#1041542 10-May-2014 23:28

webwat: Opera didn't even feature...

gosh that's going back years in my experience... maybe 15-18 years ago "Opera" was my Dads browser of choice :)

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#1041543 10-May-2014 23:32

PhantomNVD:
webwat: Opera didn't even feature...

gosh that's going back years in my experience... maybe 15-18 years ago "Opera" was my Dads browser of choice :)

opera is a powerful browser, miles better than chrome, fx

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#1041551 11-May-2014 00:03

nakedmolerat:
PhantomNVD:
webwat: Opera didn't even feature...

gosh that's going back years in my experience... maybe 15-18 years ago "Opera" was my Dads browser of choice :)

opera is a powerful browser, miles better than chrome, fx

but now based on the chromium engine anyway?

For kicks I looked it up though, and PC world agrees with you :)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2152483/opera-21-first-to-feature-aura-hardware-acceleration.html

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#1041552 11-May-2014 00:08

! 12% of geekzone users are still on XP!?

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#1041603 11-May-2014 09:37

What were the numbers on those that connected to the site using the mobile version versus the standard desktop version.

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#1041663 11-May-2014 12:06

nakedmolerat:
PhantomNVD:
webwat: Opera didn't even feature...

gosh that's going back years in my experience... maybe 15-18 years ago "Opera" was my Dads browser of choice :)

opera is a powerful browser, miles better than chrome, fx

It was miles better than Chrome when it was still the Presto engine now that it's just a Chrome clone it's not so great anymore although one really great feature (extension) you can use is called User Agent Switcher which allows access to the Chrome extensions page and you can then install and use any Chrome extension you like even when the browser switches back to Opera which is pretty cool as you longer have to wait for devs to port their extensions to Opera

And I'm one of the small handful on Opera 21.0.1432.57

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#1041665 11-May-2014 12:08

freitasm: Nope, sorry. Just a handful of visitors really.

I'm one . One Opera 12.17 with Firefox 30 as my second choice.

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#1041702 11-May-2014 13:43

kyhwana2: ! 12% of geekzone users are still on XP!?

I'm amazed by the NZ Windows distribution - 15% Win 8.1 seems remarkably high - 12% XP seems low.
Geekzoners are obviously early adopters.

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#1041705 11-May-2014 13:59

Sideface:
kyhwana2: ! 12% of geekzone users are still on XP!?

I'm amazed by the NZ Windows distribution - 15% Win 8.1 seems remarkably high - 12% XP seems low.
Geekzoners are obviously early adopters.

Wait... What???

Of course 'geek'zoners are early adopters, but who on here still uses xp so far after expiry??

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#1041706 11-May-2014 14:07

PhantomNVD:
Sideface:
kyhwana2: ! 12% of geekzone users are still on XP!?

I'm amazed by the NZ Windows distribution - 15% Win 8.1 seems remarkably high - 12% XP seems low.
Geekzoners are obviously early adopters.

Wait... What???

Of course 'geek'zoners are early adopters, but who on here still uses xp so far after expiry??

XP = work