Firefox Restricted by Incompatible Websites
Nothing really new here, but at least this frustrating issue is getting more press.
Matthew Broersma writes on TechWorld:
Firefox may have ended 2005 with nearly 10 percent of total browser market share, but new users are in for a nasty shock, according to recent research, which claims one in 10 websites don't allow full access to Firefox users.
The research, from UK site testing firm SciVisum, was based on tests of 100 leading UK consumer websites. The firm found three percent turned away users of browsers other than Microsoft Internet Explorer, while another seven percent used code that could only be rendered in Explorer.
posted by Fergie @ 1/12/2006 07:49:00 AM
2 Comments:
Its quite a shame that some people are still designing websites for a specific browser - and sometimes even a specific version of that browser. Hopefully the news that they are turning away 10% of their potential customers will help convince them to make their site more standards compliant.
Good point, indeed.
Of the last 100 pageloads of this blog, here's the breakdown:
24.00% Firefox 1.0.7
22.00% MSIE 6.0
19.00% Firefox 1.5
18.00% Netscape 8.0.4
8.00% Firefox 1.5 M
3.00% Firefox 1.0.4
2.00% Opera 8.51
2.00% Safari 1.2
1.00% Mozilla 5.0
1.00% Netscape 7.2
Go figure.
- ferg
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