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Old 03-09-2005, 07:11 PM   #21
Fasterthanyou
 
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Originally Posted by Fasterthanyou
As far as my stats source, I picked one that has had a LONG log history and rather large visitor count. http://www.w3schools.com/ It's a very reputable source even though they're based in UK. The majority of their visitors are from the US.
no offense, but without even going into that link, i can already suspect it would be a biased source. as mentioned before, microsoft could basically give a **** about the w3 standards, never have. I'd assume the users of a site called "w3schools" do actually care about the w3 standards, so they're going to be obviously leaning toward the standards compliant browser 8)
I don't take offense but not even looking over the website and then voicing an opinion just lost you a few points in my book.
I hope you're point is that "geek" website statistics shouldn't be used in determining worldwide browser usage statistics. If that's what you're trying to say then ignore the point deduction. (Still think you should check it out)
Oh, and they aren't "leaning" statistics don't lean and if they're fudged well they still usually represent the general trend which is IE loosing and Firefox winning. Look at the derivatives right now and you'll see why Microsoft should be worried, they're loosing their share and it's only going to get worse.
The developers of websites and internet code visit the w3 standards page, and often I might add. It could be because there are a lot more new firefox developers right now but it's safe to say that it's a significant increase and Microsoft should be worried, especially since they've done nothing but sit on the current IE.

Justin, you're stats for this server are probably just a few of us, Tim's the Opera guy, and I just converted Bill to Firefox (I think) so that's like 3 of us here . Maybe we'll see more, I hope we do because that'll only bring better things from both companies. Kind of like how AMD's Athlon took on Intel's P3 and early P4.
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