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Navigator 4 is showing at 12% (IE 5 at 55%), and NN6 is so low it doesn't even register a percentage. (Through WebLog)
Is anyone including NS6 into a ISP package or anything else?
Netscape 6 runs consistently under .5%, and as low as .03%
I have a related question, which my current stats analysis doesn't give me. Can anyone see how Netscape 4 on Windows compares to Netscape 4 on Macintosh?
N4 = 11%
N6 = 2.4%
>Can anyone see how Netscape 4 on Windows compares to Netscape 4 on Macintosh?
Sorry tedster, I can't pull that kind of OS/browser comparison either.
>Wonder why NN6 hasn't picked up
Because Netscape has lost the public awareness they once had. Outside of tech news, which isn't exactly bigtime with JohnQ, when's the last time you heard Netscape mentioned? Two years ago, the stock market, the developing e-com economy, and interest in dotcoms made Netscape almost a household word.
NN 4.x 10.3%
nn 6.x .8%
Opera .2%
IE 6.x 14.2%
IE 5.x 68.0%
IE 4.x 2.9%
IE 6 is sure coming on strong
Partly, I'm sure it's because so many websites are written in non-validating code designed to miraculaously work on both IE 4-5 and NN4, and they just fall apart on NN6. Download NN6, and the web is a whole new, often non-functioning, even more often ugly, experience.
Granted, code should be good. I couldn't get away with half the messiness in my HTML/ASP code if I were writing VB or RPG, so the forgiveness of IE is a blessing.
With the web becoming a household item, it stands to reason that programming for it should become more intuitive as well. So what if I leave off a from a cell - the browser should be smart enough to pick it up, as IE does and Netscape doesn't.
Sorry, but the browser wars are over, and Netscape lost.
I also find Netscape to be irritatingly slow in comparison to IE.
Explorer 5 - Windows 98 42.4%
Explorer 5 - Windows other 15.3%
Explorer 6 - Windows 2000 5.9%
Explorer 5 - Windows 2000 5.6%
Explorer 6 - Windows 98 5.1%
Explorer 5 - Windows 95 5.1%
Explorer 5 - Windows NT 4.1%
Netscape 3 - unknown 2.9%
Explorer 4 - Windows 98 2.9%
Netscape 4 - Windows 98 2.2%
Explorer 6 - Windows other 1.8%
Netscape 4 - Windows 95 1%
Explorer 4 - Windows 95 0.7%
Explorer 5 - Mac PPC 0.5%
Explorer 6 - Windows NT 0.4%
Netscape 4 - Windows NT 0.4%
Explorer 3 - Windows 95 0.4%
Explorer 4 - Windows NT 0.3%
Explorer 4 - Mac PPC 0.3%
Netscape 5 - Windows 98 0.3%
unknown - unknown 0.2%
Netscape 4 - Mac PPC 0.1%
Netscape 4 - Unix 0.1%
Explorer 6 - Mac PPC 0.1%
Netscape 4 - unknown 0.1%
Netscape 4 - Windows 2000 0.1%
Explorer 5 - Windows 3.x 0.1%
Netscape 5 - Windows other 0.1%
Netscape 5 - Windows 2000 0.1%
Netscape 5 - unknown 0.1%
Netscape Proxy 3 - unknown 0.1%
Explorer x - Windows 98 0.1%
Netscape 3 - Windows 95 0.1%
Netscape 4 = 10.89%
Netscape 6 = 0.89%
this kind of assumes that there is no future, simply a past and an endless present
Netscape may never recover from NN4...it may well deserve not to...but use of Opera is growing, likewise Konqueror...but far more importantly use of mobile devices for web access is growing...and so far, where an existing browser is used, the choice for this seems to be Opera
Netscape lost it's "unassailable" market lead within months rather than years...whilst it remains possible for the same to happen to IE I shall build sites that work to standards rather than to a single browser
IE 67.2%
Opera 15.4%
Netscape 6-Mozilla-KMeleon-Gaelon 7.3%
Netscape 4 3.3%
Other 4.1%
Personally, I think the IE stats are 5-10% high. There are that many 3rd party browsers and filtering proxies out there that misrepresent the browser.
54.27% MS Internet Explorer v5 (Windows)
9.42% Netscape Navigator v4 (Windows)
8.90% Spider/Robot
4.88% Other Agent (Unknown Platform)
4.70% MS Internet Explorer v4 (Windows)
3.49% MS Internet Explorer v6 (Windows)
3.10% AOL's Browser v6 (Windows)
1.75% AOL's Browser v5 (Windows)
1.22% Offline Browser
1.06% Netscape Navigator v4 (MacOS)
1.01% MS Internet Explorer v5 (MacOS)
0.72% Netscape Navigator v4 (Unix/Linux)
0.61% AOL's Browser v4 (Windows)
0.61% E-Mail Harvester
0.56% Netscape Navigator v5 (Windows)
0.33% WebTV
0.33% Download Manager
0.32% AOL's Browser v7 (Windows)
0.29% Opera (Windows)
0.26% MS Internet Explorer v4 (MacOS)
0.21% MS Internet Explorer v3 (Windows)
0.15% Netscape Navigator v3 (Windows)
0.12% Netscape Navigator v3 (MacOS)
0.10% AOL's Browser v5 (MacOS)
0.08% Netscape Navigator v4 (Unknown Platform)
0.07% AOL's Browser v4 (MacOS)
0.07% iCab (MacOS)
0.06% AOL's Browser v3 (Windows)
0.05% Netscape Navigator v5 (Unix/Linux)
0.04% Lynx (Unix/Linux)
0.03% Other Agent (Unix/Linux)
0.03% Netscape Navigator v5 (Unknown Platform)
0.03% Netscape Navigator v5 (MacOS)
0.03% Opera (Unix/Linux)
0.02% MS Internet Explorer v5 (Unknown Platform)
0.02% Netscape Navigator v3 (Unknown Platform)
0.02% Opera (MacOS)
0.02% Other Agent (Windows)
0.02% MS FrontPage (Windows)
0.01% MS Internet Explorer v2 (Windows)
0.01% Netscape Navigator v2 (Windows)
0.01% Netscape Navigator v3 (Unix/Linux)
0.01% Netscape Navigator v4 (OS/2)
0.01% NC Browser (RISC OS)
0.01% NC Browser (Unknown Platform)
0.00% AOL's Browser v3 (MacOS)
0.00% OmniWeb (MacOS)
0.00% Other Agent (RISC OS)
0.00% Lotus Notes (Windows)
0.00% MS Internet Explorer v3 (MacOS)
0.00% NCSA Mosaic (MacOS)
0.00% Netscape Navigator v1 (Windows)
0.00% iCab (Windows)
0.00% MS Internet Explorer v2 (MacOS)
0.00% MS Internet Explorer v0 (Windows)
0.00% MS Internet Explorer v3 (Unknown Platform)
0.00% MS Internet Explorer v5 (Unix/Linux)
0.00% Netscape Navigator v6 (Unix/Linux)
0.00% Opera (Unknown Platform)
0.00% Netscape Navigator v3 (OS/2)
0.00% Netscape Navigator v4 (Amiga OS)
0.00% MS Internet Explorer v9 (Unknown Platform)
0.00% NetPositive (BeOS)
0.00% Netscape Navigator v6 (Windows)
0.00% StarOffice (Windows)
0.00% Amiga AWeb (Amiga OS)
The 0% browsers are those with less than 10 users at our site for the year.
Free, run via telnet
MSIE: 88.73%
Netscape: 10.75%
Others: <.5%
Of those stats:
NN6: 6.58% or roughly 52 visits...of 30K!
As for NN6 proliferation, what will happen to MSIE stats if AOL turns over to Netscape browser? I know a ton of our traffic is from AOLers (can't figure out why). Is AOL still talking about using Netscape?
AOL 7 (still IE) is in a kind of "preview" status as they continue to mail out the tag end of the AOL 6 coasters. If they do use Netscape, they'd better crank up the quality a whole big bunch, or they'll kill the goose that's been laying millions of golden eggs.
It makes sense from a competitive standpoint as well. MS and AOL aren't exactly the best at being co-conspirators when it comes to who's going to dominate the world.
