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samedi 4 juin 2011

Google sweeps browser broom, out with Firefox 3.5 and IE7

Par Bruno le samedi 4 juin 2011, 09:04

Google has decided that it needs to push web users on to download the latest versions of whatever browser they happen to be using.

In a blog announcement entitled “Our plans to support modern browsers across Google Apps”, Google notes that it wants to drive users on to the latest versions of browsers in order to ensure the smoother development of web applications.

It cites capabilities such as desktop drag-and-drop file attachments in Gmail which need more advanced browsers that support HTML5 as an example.

So from the start of the August, Google Apps will only support modern browsers, which the company defines as the current and previous release of a browser on a rolling basis.

In other words, users who aren’t on Firefox 4 or 3.6, Internet Explorer 9 or 8, and indeed the latest two versions of Chrome and Safari won’t be compatible, which means older browsers may find Gmail, Google Docs, Talk and so forth flakey and eventually non-functional.

Google doesn’t mention Opera, but we assume the same advice goes for that browser, unless the company is planning to ignore it completely. Opera may have shrunk to a 2% market share, but that still makes for quite a number of users worldwide.

Google sweeps browser broom, out with Firefox 3.5 and IE7

Par Bruno le samedi 4 juin 2011, 09:04

Google has decided that it needs to push web users on to download the latest versions of whatever browser they happen to be using.

In a blog announcement entitled “Our plans to support modern browsers across Google Apps”, Google notes that it wants to drive users on to the latest versions of browsers in order to ensure the smoother development of web applications.

It cites capabilities such as desktop drag-and-drop file attachments in Gmail which need more advanced browsers that support HTML5 as an example.

So from the start of the August, Google Apps will only support modern browsers, which the company defines as the current and previous release of a browser on a rolling basis.

In other words, users who aren’t on Firefox 4 or 3.6, Internet Explorer 9 or 8, and indeed the latest two versions of Chrome and Safari won’t be compatible, which means older browsers may find Gmail, Google Docs, Talk and so forth flakey and eventually non-functional.

Google doesn’t mention Opera, but we assume the same advice goes for that browser, unless the company is planning to ignore it completely. Opera may have shrunk to a 2% market share, but that still makes for quite a number of users worldwide.

jeudi 2 juin 2011

Chrome gains, Internet Explorer continues to fall in browser wars

Par Bruno le jeudi 2 juin 2011, 10:48

The latest web browser statistics are in for the month of May from Net Applications.

And last month shows the continuing trend for Internet Explorer to sink, while Google’s Chrome gains ground.

Chrome was up to a share of 12.5% – that’s one in eight surfers – when a year ago it was at a level of 7%.

Internet Explorer, on the other hand, has sunk to 54.3%, only just keep its head above the halfway mark. A year ago, it had just over a 60% share. Long gone are the days when IE completely dominated the market, that’s for sure.

Firefox continues to tread water, with very slight losses over the last year. Currently it’s at a share of 21.7%, down from 23% twelve months ago, so it too has lost a touch of ground to Chrome.

And Safari is up to 7.3%, from 5% this time last year, a huge gain in terms of proportion. Opera has dropped somewhat, down from 2.4% a year ago to 2% last month.

Part of the reason for the Internet Explorer user-base erosion is Microsoft’s campaign to kill off the aged IE6, although it seems users abandoning that old chestnut are seeking new territory rather than IE9.

Of course, if they’re on the equally aged Windows XP, they can’t use IE9, so may be turning to alternatives due to this.

mardi 11 mars 2008