Apple gains in web share
by at May 4, 2009 7:45 pm
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Apple has been gaining web share—both as a platform and with its Safari browser—at the expense of Windows, a new study reveals. From April 08 to April 09, use of OS X-based browser to surf the internet grew from 7.38% to 9.73%, Safari use (presumably both Mac and Window flavors) rose 6.31 to 8.21 percent, and the iPhone reached 0.55%, up from 0.15%. The iPod touch’s use grew to 0.15%, up from 0.03%.
While Internet Explorer continues to dominate with more than 80% use, its numbers have been slowly slipping, losing ground to both Macintosh and the cross-platform Firefox browser. Hell, even Linux is making gains.
Why are people switching? I’ll grant you that Microsoft has made great strides since Internet Explorer 6 (which is still being used, despite being almost nine years old, rendering problems with modern code, and having a terrible security reputation), but how many people who have tried Firefox, Chrome, or Safari really prefer Internet Explorer? Is this evidence of a shift away from the Windows platform, or just from IE?
Via [ITWire Mobile]
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