That really depends. CSS2 in IE7 is still poor. I realize it is still in Beta, and I pray that MS will fix that, but for the time being.... If IE7 Doesn't fix a lot of standards issues it will do little to change the mix. People will switch from IE6 to IE7, but I predict that few will switch from Opera, Firefox, or anything else.
The thing is, I don't want anybody else using Firefox. It was more secure ect, but if 20-30% of the market is using it, it will quickly start becoming less and less secure.
abbot75 -- yeah, its because if you copy stuff too many times the quality degrades... just like a VCR! That's why MSFT doesn't want you copying their software--not b/c it's copyrighted, but b/c it will degrade your user experience!
If Google could just persuade with their 1% of shares of AOL to dump IE and switch to either FireFox or Opera as the standard AOL browser, you'd see IE sink and the other browsers rise dramatically. Add to that all of Corporate America and Government America offices where the IT departments restrict the adoption of FireFox and maintain IE on all the systems...like my office computer, for example.
What type of service are you talking about? Clearly you can see that X% of users of X service using X browser is not statistically relevant to browser proliferation regardless of the size of the sample.
definiteformApr 3, 2006
IE 7 will not come with extensions as far as I know. So I'll never switch.
tejaycarApr 3, 2006
That really depends. CSS2 in IE7 is still poor. I realize it is still in Beta, and I pray that MS will fix that, but for the time being.... If IE7 Doesn't fix a lot of standards issues it will do little to change the mix. People will switch from IE6 to IE7, but I predict that few will switch from Opera, Firefox, or anything else.
abbott75Apr 4, 2006
The thing is, I don't want anybody else using Firefox. It was more secure ect, but if 20-30% of the market is using it, it will quickly start becoming less and less secure.
thechaoApr 4, 2006
abbot75 -- yeah, its because if you copy stuff too many times the quality degrades... just like a VCR! That's why MSFT doesn't want you copying their software--not b/c it's copyrighted, but b/c it will degrade your user experience!
escamilloApr 4, 2006
The same site shows Linux's share at 0.32%. LOL<a class="user" href="http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2">http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2</a>
lynxproApr 4, 2006
The web browser of the T-Mobile SideKick...
lynxproApr 4, 2006
If Google could just persuade with their 1% of shares of AOL to dump IE and switch to either FireFox or Opera as the standard AOL browser, you'd see IE sink and the other browsers rise dramatically. Add to that all of Corporate America and Government America offices where the IT departments restrict the adoption of FireFox and maintain IE on all the systems...like my office computer, for example.
cadrassApr 4, 2006
What type of service are you talking about? Clearly you can see that X% of users of X service using X browser is not statistically relevant to browser proliferation regardless of the size of the sample.