Which is popular browser?

flameup · Post #1 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 07:16 AM

I'm creating web site and I have noticed that in different browsers that looks different. Just would like to investigate which is the most popular browser
Thx

wschuah · Post #2 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 07:36 AM

I think there are different in different place, but 2 most popular web browser should be IE and firefox

chatterbox · Post #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 09:02 AM

I think Firefox has the edge but maybe it's only among my circle of friends. However, you need to make your website look good in any browser. I'm not positive if CSS alone takes care of the issues but I know that there are ways to make your website cross-browser friendly.

shockym · Post #4 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 10:42 AM

Chatter, there are but it is very hard for anyone to make a site fully friendly for every browser out there. Most coders will shoot for IE first if its a business site as many in the corp. world will use IE in an office setting before anything else. Then they will try for all the others like FF for mostly personal use, Opera for some linux users and so on. Really depends the type of site too.

Blue · Post #5 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 03:14 PM

Firefox by no means has any edge.
It is becoming more popular but still only has about 20% of the market compared to around 73% for IE.

Matthew · Post #6 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 03:43 PM

On my own sites I see IE has the largest share but not by too much. IE is ususally between 45% and 50% with FF being 37% - 42%. (All my sites are tech related).

I'd suggest working on your sites till you get them working in the two main browsers.

I have seen some sites use a seperate CSS file for IE... so it might be worth you looking down that route if it's CSS problems you are having with layouts etc..

andy-247web · Post #7 (**permalink**) 10-24-2008, 01:51 AM

Ive found Firefox to be faster more stable and far more secure than any other browser in my honest opinion.
The newest version of IE seems ok but not quite as secure as firefox.

bobchrist · Post #8 (**permalink**) 10-24-2008, 09:17 AM

You may need major overhaul to fix your site to accommodate every browser because if your coding is wrong browser should not be blamed. http://validator.w3.org/

WebzPro · Post #9 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 01:39 PM

Rankings should go as follows.

1. IE
2. FireFox
3. Safari (Mac and Windows)
4. Opera

Blue · Post #10 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy-247web

Ive found Firefox to be faster more stable and far more secure than any other browser in my honest opinion.
The newest version of IE seems ok but not quite as secure as firefox.

Out of curiosity how is IE less secure than Firefox?

EpicDesigns · Post #11 (**permalink**) 10-26-2008, 03:41 PM

IE 7 is slower for one, Firefox 3 is faster, and more secure, I enjoyed Safari until firefox 3 came out.

Blue · Post #12 (**permalink**) 10-26-2008, 06:52 PM

Ok. I'll ask again. How is Firefox more secure?

MisterV · Post #13 (**permalink**) 10-28-2008, 07:49 AM

I use Mozila. And I'm comfortable with that. Not sure if that is good or bad.

HZ-Alex · Post #14 (**permalink**) 10-29-2008, 02:39 AM

Internet Explorer is a Windows core feature while Firefox/Mozilla is a standalone application that's why it's more secure, when you upgrade Mozilla you don't risk to screw the whole system up. Furthemore Mozilla provides many useful free plugins, you can install/uninstall it anytime. But the more plugins your Mozilla installation has the slower it works.

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First Timer · Post #15 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 10:36 AM

Well it also depends on what you're looking for too.

If you're looking for speed and actually "good" widgets / accessories, go with Opera.

If you want a more professional-er browser, or more commonly known for that manner, go with Internet Explorer.

And as a speed jr. browser, go with Firefox - I also like the tabbed browsing (IE ripped FF's idea of this...)