Is your website browser compatible?
Can common browsers display your website properly?
Does it really matter?
The stats below will give you a reason to reconsider:
| 2007 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
S |
O |
| January |
13.3% |
42.3% |
3.0% |
31.0% |
1.5% |
1.7% |
1.5% |
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| 2006 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
N7/8 |
O |
| December |
10.7% |
45.3% |
3.4% |
30.3% |
2.6% |
0.2% |
1.5% |
| November |
7.1% |
49.9% |
3.6% |
29.9% |
2.5% |
0.2% |
1.5% |
| October |
3.1% |
54.5% |
3.8% |
28.8% |
2.4% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| September |
2.5% |
55.6% |
4.0% |
27.3% |
2.3% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| August |
2.0% |
56.2% |
4.1% |
27.1% |
2.3% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
| July |
1.9% |
56.3% |
4.2% |
25.5% |
2.3% |
0.4% |
1.4% |
| June |
1.6% |
58.2% |
4.3% |
24.9% |
2.2% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| May |
1.1% |
57.4% |
4.5% |
25.7% |
2.3% |
0.3% |
1.5% |
| April |
0.7% |
58.0% |
5.0% |
25.2% |
2.5% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
| March |
0.6% |
58.8% |
5.3% |
24.5% |
2.4% |
0.5% |
1.5% |
| February |
0.5% |
59.5% |
5.7% |
25.1% |
2.9% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
| January |
0.2% |
60.3% |
5.5% |
25.0% |
3.1% |
0.5% |
1.6% |
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| 2005 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
N7 |
O8 |
O7 |
| December |
61.5% |
6.5% |
24.0% |
2.7% |
0.4% |
1.3% |
0.2% |
| November |
62.7% |
6.2% |
23.6% |
2.8% |
0.4% |
1.3% |
0.2% |
| October |
67.5% |
6.0% |
19.6% |
2.6% |
0.4% |
1.2% |
0.2% |
| September |
69.8% |
5.7% |
18.0% |
2.5% |
0.4% |
1.0% |
0.2% |
| August |
68.4% |
6.3% |
18.9% |
2.4% |
0.4% |
0.8% |
0.3% |
| July |
67.9% |
5.9% |
19.8% |
2.6% |
0.5% |
0.8% |
0.4% |
| June |
65.0% |
6.8% |
20.7% |
2.9% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
0.5% |
| May |
64.8% |
6.8% |
21.0% |
3.1% |
0.7% |
0.7% |
0.6% |
| April |
63.5% |
7.9% |
20.9% |
3.1% |
0.9% |
0.4% |
1.0% |
| March |
63.6% |
8.9% |
18.9% |
3.3% |
1.0% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
| February |
63.9% |
9.5% |
17.9% |
3.3% |
1.0% |
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1.7% |
| January |
64.8% |
9.7% |
16.6% |
3.4% |
1.1% |
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1.9% |
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| 2004 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Moz |
N3 |
N7 |
N4 |
O7 |
| December |
65.5% |
9.9% |
17.0% |
0.2% |
1.2% |
0.2% |
1.8% |
| November |
66.0% |
10.2% |
16.5% |
0.2% |
1.2% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
| October |
67.3% |
10.8% |
14.7% |
0.3% |
1.3% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
| September |
67.8% |
11.2% |
13.7% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
0.3% |
1.7% |
| August |
67.0% |
13.0% |
12.7% |
0.4% |
1.4% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| July |
67.2% |
13.2% |
12.6% |
0.4% |
1.4% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| June |
67.6% |
13.2% |
12.2% |
0.5% |
1.4% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| May |
68.1% |
13.8% |
9.5% |
0.6% |
1.4% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| April |
68.2% |
14.0% |
8.5% |
0.8% |
1.4% |
0.6% |
1.4% |
| March |
68.2% |
14.6% |
7.9% |
0.8% |
1.4% |
0.6% |
1.4% |
| February |
68.3% |
15.2% |
7.3% |
0.6% |
1.5% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
| January |
68.9% |
15.8% |
5.5% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
0.5% |
1.5% |
Source:W3Schools
Legend:
IE - Internet Explorer
Fx - Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)
Moz - Mozilla
O - Opera
N - Netscape
AOL - America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla)
Over the years, notable number users seem to have migrated from IE to Firefox. For the same reason websites today have to ensure compatibility with all browsers and just not IE. Unlike in the past, designers cannot afford to ignore browser compatibility issues as it directly implies that you are missing out on a large audience. |
