Browser Statistics
What we can read from the statistics below is that Internet Explorer 6 is the dominating browser, XP is the most popular operating system, and most users are using a display with 1024x768 pixels or more, with a color depth of at least 65K colors and that JavaScript is very prevalent at 90% on.
Browser Statistics
| 2006 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Ffox |
Moz |
N |
O |
| October |
3.1% |
54.5% |
3.2% |
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% |
Display Statistics
The current trend is that more and more computers (74%) are using a screen size of 1024x768 pixels or more:
| 2006 |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Unknown |
| July |
19% |
58% |
17% |
0% |
6% |
| January |
17% |
57% |
20% |
0% |
6% |
| |
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|
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| 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
| July |
14% |
55% |
25% |
0% |
6% |
| January |
12% |
53% |
30% |
0% |
5% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
| July |
10% |
50% |
35% |
1% |
4% |
| January |
10% |
47% |
37% |
1% |
5% |
| |
|
|
|
|
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| 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
| July |
8% |
43% |
44% |
2% |
5% |
| January |
6% |
40% |
47% |
2% |
5% |
| |
|
|
|
|
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| 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
| October |
6% |
38% |
49% |
2% |
5% |
Source: W3Schools
Color DepthThe current trend is that most computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors:
| 2006 |
16,777,216 |
65,536 |
256 |
| January |
81% |
16% |
3% |
| |
|
|
|
| 2005 |
|
|
|
| July |
77% |
20% |
3% |
| January |
72% |
25% |
3% |
| |
|
|
|
| 2004 |
|
|
|
| July |
69% |
28% |
3% |
| January |
65% |
31% |
4% |
| |
|
|
|
| 2003 |
|
|
|
| July |
55% |
40% |
5% |
| January |
51% |
44% |
5% |
| |
|
|
|
| 2002 |
|
|
|
| October |
49% |
46% |
5% |
Source: W3Schools
OS Statistics
| 2006 |
WinXP |
W2000 |
Win98 |
WinNT |
W2003 |
Linux |
Mac |
| October |
74.9% |
8.9% |
1.2% |
0.3% |
2.0% |
3.5% |
3.6% |
| September |
74.6% |
9.2% |
1.4% |
0.3% |
2.0% |
3.5% |
3.8% |
| August |
74.4% |
10.1% |
1.4% |
0.3% |
2.1% |
3.5% |
3.6% |
| July |
74.3% |
10.1% |
1.5% |
0.3% |
2.0% |
3.4% |
3.6% |
| June |
74.1% |
10.6% |
1.6% |
0.3% |
2.0% |
4.4% |
3.6% |
| May |
74.2% |
10.7% |
1.6% |
0.2% |
2.0% |
3.4% |
3.6% |
| April |
74.0% |
11.2% |
1.8% |
0.3% |
1.9% |
3.3% |
3.6% |
| March |
72.9% |
11.9% |
2.0% |
0.3% |
1.8% |
3.4% |
3.5% |
| February |
73.3% |
12.3% |
2.1% |
0.3% |
1.8% |
3.4% |
3.6% |
| January |
72.3% |
13.1% |
2.4% |
0.3% |
1.7% |
3.3% |
3.5% |
Source: W3Schools
Java Statistics
|
Java
|
Microsoft Media Player
|
Apple Quicktime
|
Real One Player
|
Macromedia Shockwave
|
ViewPoint Media Player
|
SVG
|
|
87.3%
|
85%
|
67.9%
|
59.3%
|
55.4%
|
48.7%
|
9.3%
|
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