A Look at the Numbersl

When developing a website for a client, it is important to develop a site that is meeting hardware and software technology trends of today's web users. According to W3 Schools, who are one of the best free web developers sites on the internet, the trend is moving toward screen resolution sizes of 1024x768 or higher. Check out these recent numbers collected by W3 Schools regarding the most used browsers.

2008 IE7 IE6 Chrome Fx Moz S O
September 26.3% 22.3% 3.1% 42.6% 0.5% 2.7% 2.0%
               
2008 IE7 IE6 IE5 Fx Moz S O
August 26.0% 24.5% 0.1% 43.7% 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%
July 26.4% 25.3% 0.3% 42.6% 0.5% 2.5% 1.9%
June 27.0% 26.5% 0.5% 41.0% 0.5% 2.6% 1.7%
May 26.5% 27.3% 0.7% 39.8% 0.7% 2.4% 1.5%
April 24.9% 28.9% 1.0% 39.1% 0.9% 2.2% 1.4%
March 23.3% 29.5% 1.1% 37.0% 1.1% 2.1% 1.4%
February 22.7% 30.7% 1.3% 36.5% 1.2% 2.0% 1.4%
January 21.2% 32.0% 1.5% 36.4% 1.3% 1.9% 1.4%
               
2007 IE7 IE6 IE5 Fx Moz S O
December 21.0% 33.2% 1.7% 36.3% 1.4% 1.7% 1.4%
November 20.8% 33.6% 1.6% 36.3% 1.2% 1.8% 1.6%
October 20.7% 34.5% 1.5% 36.0% 1.3% 1.7% 1.6%
September 20.8% 34.9% 1.5% 35.4% 1.2% 1.6% 1.5%
August 20.5% 35.7% 1.5% 34.9% 1.3% 1.5% 1.7%
July 20.1% 36.9% 1.5% 34.5% 1.4% 1.5% 1.9%
June 19.7% 37.3% 1.5% 34.0% 1.4% 1.5% 1.8%
May 19.2% 38.1% 1.6% 33.7% 1.3% 1.5% 1.7%
April 19.1% 38.4% 1.7% 32.9% 1.3% 1.5% 1.6%
March 18.0% 38.7% 2.0% 31.8% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6%
February 16.4% 39.8% 2.5% 31.2% 1.4% 1.7% 1.5%
January 13.3% 42.3% 3.0% 31.0% 1.5% 1.7% 1.5%
               
2006 IE7 IE6 IE5 Fx Moz N7/8 O
November 7.1% 49.9% 3.6% 29.9% 2.5% 0.2% 1.5%
September 2.5% 55.6% 4.0% 27.3% 2.3% 0.4% 1.6%
July 1.9% 56.3% 4.2% 25.5% 2.3% 0.4% 1.4%
May 1.1% 57.4% 4.5% 25.7% 2.3% 0.3% 1.5%
March 0.6% 58.8% 5.3% 24.5% 2.4% 0.5% 1.5%
January 0.2% 60.3% 5.5% 25.0% 3.1% 0.5% 1.6%
               
2005 IE6 IE5 Fx Moz N7 O8 O7
November 62.7% 6.2% 23.6% 2.8% 0.4% 1.3% 0.2%
September 69.8% 5.7% 18.0% 2.5% 0.4% 1.0% 0.2%
July 67.9% 5.9% 19.8% 2.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
May 64.8% 6.8% 21.0% 3.1% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6%
March 63.6% 8.9% 18.9% 3.3% 1.0% 0.3% 1.6%
January 64.8% 9.7% 16.6% 3.4% 1.1%   1.9%
               
2004 IE6 IE5 Moz N3 N7 N4 O7
November 66.0% 10.2% 16.5% 0.2% 1.2% 0.3% 1.6%
September 67.8% 11.2% 13.7% 0.3% 1.4% 0.3% 1.7%
July 67.2% 13.2% 12.6% 0.4% 1.4% 0.4% 1.6%
May 68.1% 13.8% 9.5% 0.6% 1.4% 0.4% 1.6%
March 68.2% 14.6% 7.9% 0.8% 1.4% 0.6% 1.4%
January 68.9% 15.8% 5.5% 0.4% 1.5% 0.5% 1.5%
               
2003 IE6 IE5 Moz N3 N7 N4 O7
November 71.2% 13.7% 7.2% 0.5% 1.6% 0.5% 1.9%
September 69.7% 16.9% 6.2% 0.6% 1.5% 0.6% 1.8%
July 66.9% 20.3% 5.7% 0.6% 1.5% 0.6% 1.7%
May 65.0% 22.7% 4.6% 1.0% 1.4% 0.9% 1.4%
March 63.4% 24.6% 4.2% 0.9% 1.4% 1.1% 1.2%
January 55.3% 29.3% 4.0% 1.2% 1.1% 1.7%  
               
2002 IE6 IE5 AOL N3 N5 N4 IE4
November 53.5% 29.9% 5.2% 1.1% 4.9% 2.0%  
September 49.1% 34.4% 4.5% 1.3% 4.5% 2.2%  
July 44.4% 40.1% 3.5% 1.2% 3.5% 2.6% 0.5%
May 40.7% 46.0% 2.8% 1.2% 2.7% 3.4% 0.7%
March 36.7% 49.4% 3.0% 1.2% 2.4% 4.1% 0.7%
January 30.1% 55.7% 2.8% 1.3% 2.2% 4.4% 1.0%


IE Internet Explorer
Fx Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)
Chrome Google Chrome
Moz The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape)
S Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007)
O Opera
N Netscape (identified as Mozilla after 2006)
AOL America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla)

Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.

The majority of computer's browsing the web are using Microsoft's XP operating system.

2008 WinXP W2000 Win98 Vista W2003 Linux Mac
September 73.3% 2.2% 0.2% 13.2% 1.8% 3.8% 5.2%
August 73.9% 2.4% 0.2% 12.5% 1.9% 3.9% 4.9%
July 74.7% 2.6% 0.2% 11.5% 2.0% 3.9% 4.8%
June 74.6% 2.6% 0.2% 10.0% 1.9% 3.7% 4.8%
May 74.0% 2.9% 0.3% 9.3% 1.8% 3.6% 4.7%
April 73.3% 3.3% 0.5% 8.8% 1.9% 3.7% 4.6%
March 72.7% 3.7% 0.6% 8.5% 1.9% 3.9% 4.4%
February 72.4% 4.0% 0.8% 7.8% 1.8% 3.8% 4.3%
January 73.6% 4.0% 0.8% 7.3% 1.9% 3.6% 4.4%
               
2007 WinXP W2000 Win98 Vista W2003 Linux Mac
November 73.8% 5.1% 1.0% 6.3% 2.0% 3.3% 3.9%
September 74.3% 5.4% 0.9% 4.5% 2.0% 3.4% 3.9%
July 74.6% 6.0% 0.9% 3.6% 2.0% 3.4% 4.0%
May 75.0% 6.5% 0.9% 2.8% 1.9% 3.4% 3.9%
March 76.0% 7.2% 0.9% 1.9% 1.9% 3.4% 3.8%
January 76.1% 7.7% 1.0% 0.6% 1.9% 3.6% 3.8%
               
2006 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT W2003 Linux Mac
November 74.9% 8.0% 1.0% 0.3% 1.9% 3.5% 3.6%
September 74.6% 9.2% 1.4% 0.3% 2.0% 3.5% 3.6%
July 74.3% 10.1% 1.5% 0.3% 2.0% 3.4% 3.6%
May 74.2% 10.7% 1.6% 0.2% 2.0% 3.4% 3.6%
March 72.9% 11.9% 2.0% 0.3% 1.8% 3.4% 3.5%
January 72.3% 13.1% 2.4% 0.3% 1.7% 3.3% 3.5%
               
2005 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT W2003 Linux Mac
November 71.0% 14.6% 2.7% 0.4% 1.7% 3.3% 3.3%
September 69.2% 15.8% 3.2% 0.5% 1.7% 3.3% 3.1%
July 65.3% 17.7% 3.9% 0.6% 1.6% 3.5% 3.0%
May 64.5% 19.4% 3.9% 0.8% 1.4% 3.3% 2.9%
March 63.1% 20.2% 4.7% 0.9% 1.4% 3.2% 3.0%
January 61.3% 21.6% 5.3% 1.0% 1.2% 3.2% 2.8%
                  
2004 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Win95 Linux Mac
November 59.1% 23.7% 5.6% 1.2% 0.1% 3.1% 2.7%
September 55.9% 26.2% 6.4% 1.5% 0.2% 3.1% 2.6%
July 52.5% 28.4% 7.5% 1.9% 0.2% 3.1% 2.4%
May 51.0% 29.6% 8.2% 2.0% 0.3% 2.9% 2.5%
March 48.0% 31.1% 9.4% 2.4% 0.4% 2.6% 2.4%
January 44.1% 33.6% 10.4% 3.0% 0.4% 2.7% 2.4%
               
2003 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Win95 Linux Mac
November 42.6% 36.3% 10.9% 3.5% 0.4% 2.6% 2.2%
September 38.0% 37.9% 12.1% 4.1% 0.5% 2.4% 2.0%
July 33.9% 40.6% 12.6% 5.3% 0.6% 2.3% 1.9%
May 31.4% 41.0% 13.9% 5.8% 0.7% 2.2% 1.8%
March 29.1% 41.9% 14.8% 6.6% 0.8% 2.2% 1.8%

Platforms that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.

Source: www.w3schools.com

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