Browser power
On the back of a previous MA news posting, ‘Web browser viewing trends’ we have discovered, whilst looking through our analytics report, that Firefox has overtaken Internet Explorer in terms of browser popularity when visiting our site. The significance is not a big deal, but it does point out once again the importance of testing sites on a variety of browsers.
The discovery also highlights the usefulness of the Google analytics tool in discovering the viewing habits of your website visitors. For more info on analytics visit: www.google.com/analytics/
For those of you that like your stats, below is some interesting info on the popularity of Firefox.
Source: StatCounter (web web analytics firm). Firefox 3.0 has become the most popular web browser in Europe, taking the crown away from Internet Explorer 7.0. Firefox 3.0 took 35.05% of the European web browser market followed by 34.54% for IE 7.0. It would appear that the shift is partly explained by a small switch from IE 7.0 to IE 8.0 but also by growing market share overall by Firefox 3.0.
