Sydney Tech Guy

To be honest, when I first read about this on Slashdot I wasn’t going to comment on it, as it goes against everything else everyone else ever reports on when it comes to browser stats, but it isn’t what’s being reported that I found interesting, but what’s not being reported.

Now that you have taken a look at the stats, and yes it does indeed show that  Firefox 3.5 has overtaken IE7 as the most popular browser, but IE8 was running neck and neck for a couple of months and I’m sure will jump up again after Christmas.

The thing that I found most fascinating was that Safari 4 is only edging out Opera in terms of the big 5, and the “Other” browsers have more then double the market share then Safari. Which if you have watched or listened to most tech podcasts would be a surprise because Apple is golden on those shows.

Also notable with its absence is Chrome, unless its being counted in the “Other” browsers.

My guess it that is just a case of a company looking for its 5 minutes of fame by stating something that they know the tech industry is going to crazy over and nothing more.

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