Posted 4 years, 4 months ago in the late afternoon by oso
I have a goal. By the end of 2004 I want 95% of my readers to use a browser other than Internet Explorer. So a new feature of the blog is that every Wednesday I will post my weekly browser stats and we’ll see how the progress goes. Red is Internet Explorer. Click on the graph to see it larger.
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Excellent. I gave up all microsoft products when I switched to mac. More power to ya! I use mac’s safari
From what I’ve read, Safari’s far from perfect, but is a much much better browser than Internet Explorer. I’m so jealous - I’ve got a G3 desktop in the house, but I can’t wait to get my powerbook.
A lot of Safari’s issues have been cleaned up since the public beta was released 18 months ago–it mostly chokes on secure sites using old protocols, bad HTML/CSS, and code that makes use of IE-only quirks (excuse me, features). If you get past these problems, the built-in popup blocker and spellchecker are lifesavers, and the ability to switch mid-program into different languages (i.e., when visiting Woojay, I can start a comment in English, interject something in Korean, and finish off in German with a single mouse click) has made my life much, much easier.
I use Firefox on my PC, but until I can get a built-in spellchecker, Safari remains my browser of choice.
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That’s good to know. One reason I want to wait to get my Powerbook is so that it comes equipped with the new operating system and Safari’s new integrated RSS reader.
With that said though, I’m a big supporter of open source and am very very happy with Mozilla.
Well, Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) is due out early 2005, probably in January–or so the rumors say. Maybe as a late Xmas present to yourself?
And, if it makes you feel better–Safari actually has its roots in open source. It’s core rendering engine is a Mac-tailored evolution of KDE’s Konqueror. Kinda a microcosm of OS X’s embrace of Free BSD Unix.
I use Camino on my powerbook and Firefox on my PC, which I hardly use since getting the powerbook. I’m proud to say I’ve converted at least a few dozen people away from the Evil Empire’s browser. I’ll probably switch back to Safari when the new version with RSS is released.
[...] 23/7/2004 Browser Stats Filed under: General — oso @ 2:29 pm No improvement.