papabaer - 12:28 pm on May 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

My stats show Opera currently registering 2.4% (neck and neck with Mozilla)--last week after a write-up in a German Tech site, my Opera stats jumped to over 5.4%. My stats program DOES record Opera users regardless of "user-agent spoofing."

DaveN, the stats you present, if not flawed, which I suspect they are, certainly do not represent the norm. IE alternative browsers are steadily gaining market share. Unless, MSIE sees a major update, I predict the beginning of a truly noticeble downward trend in IE usage.

The advantages found in alternative browsers, Standards compliance and advanced features, are slowly, but surely becoming known to a broader cross section of Internet users. The "savvy tech" has been joined by the "trendy set" and "power users." The momentum is gaining.