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[Trinity]

also you probably want to be coding your site for IE too, since the majority of people still use it.

According to W3, IE hasn't been the majority since August 2008. It's at about 24% now, and falling every month. Still worth making sure a website works in it, but not a majority

[Firehorse]

According to W3, IE hasn't been the majority since August 2008. It's at about 24% now, and falling every month. Still worth making sure a website works in it, but not a majority

Firstly that statistic would be taken majorly through people visiting the W3 website which are developers more than the average internet user.

From the same page:

You cannot - as a web developer - rely only on statistics. Statistics can often be misleading.
Global averages may not always be relevant to your web site. Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites attract professional developers using professional hardware, while other sites attract hobbyists using old low spec computers.
Also be aware that many statistics may have an incomplete or faulty browser detection. It is quite common by many web-stats report programs, not to detect the newest browsers.
(The statistics above are extracted from W3Schools' log-files, but we are also monitoring other sources around the Internet to assure the quality of these figures).

This chart here is the median from the usage stats of a range of statistic sites, thus is much more reliable than W3 on its own. (W3's stat makes up part of the median in this chart).



Hope that clears things up for you.

[Trinity]

Firstly that statistic would be taken majorly through people visiting the W3 website which are developers more than the average internet user.

From the same page:


This chart here is the median from the usage stats of a range of statistic sites, thus is much more reliable than W3 on its own. (W3's stat makes up part of the median in this chart).



Hope that clears things up for you.

My point still stands though, even in your image, IE is not used by the majority of people.

[Firehorse]

My point still stands though, even in your image, IE is not used by the majority of people.

It still shows that Internet Explorer as an indivudial browser is used by the majority. Your point is ****.

[Trinity]

It still shows that Internet Explorer as an indivudial browser is used by the majority. Your point is ****.

Majority = more than 50%
The picture you linked has IE at 43.2%
I win.

[Oleh]

43.2% against Chrome, Safari, Opera and mobile browser together. I'd count that as majority.

[Recursion]

Majority = more than 50%
The picture you linked has IE at 43.2%
I win.

Regardless if its over or under 50% it's still the most widely used browser, code for it.

[Firehorse]

Regardless if its over or under 50% it's still the most widely used browser, code for it.

My point exactly! +1

[Trinity]

43.2% against Chrome, Safari, Opera and mobile browser together. I'd count that as majority.

Then you don't know the definition of majority

Regardless if its over or under 50% it's still the most widely used browser, code for it.

My point exactly! +1

I did say that in my first post.

[Oleh]

I believe majority is defined by the greater number. Not just more than half. - http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=maj...gc.r_pw.&cad=b