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ChangeForge: ChangeForge | Ken Stewart | Where business and technology collide » Is Firefox the business browser of choice?

  • Corey Smith · 1 year ago
    I wonder if Forrester is accurate.

    http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

    If they used a survey, that could be the problem. Surveys, I don't think, are often very accurate.
  • ChangeForge | Ken Stewart · 1 year ago
    Great question... I tend to always give at least +/- 5% to all studies, and sometimes discount them as much as +/- 20%.

    In your same reference, in the footer this was said:

    "These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users."

    It also states that IE is so popular b/c it is the only installed browser on a computer out of the box (with users purchasing Windows of course).

    I would tend to agree with various sources I see, hear and read that IE is dominant, but slipping some market share. I am unclear as to whether this is simply from increased adoption from techie types, or if these techie-types are in positions of influence - thus they migrate family, friends, and their businesses over to Firefox.