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2008 State of the Web survey results now available

The results of the 2008 State of the Web survey are now available. Some highlights:

  • Nearly half the respondents use Mac OS X Leopard, and over half use a non Windows Operating system. Windows XP still outweighs Windows Vista among these users by a factor of 4 to 1 as their operating system of choice.
  • Just a small majority, less than 5%, use any version of Internet Explorer as their primary browser, while Firefox dominates as the browser for choice, with over 60% market share. Safari 3 follows with 21%, and the much talked about Chrome on just 4%.
  • Only a tiny handful use Internet Explorer 8 beta as their browser of choice.
  • Despite the hype of the iPhone, less than 20% of respondents use the mobile web, and a similar number develop sites optimized for mobiles.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 10:47 PM and filed under Technical.
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Comments (2) to “2008 State of the Web survey results now available”

  1. Rob Dawson wrote:

    Ironically I’m reading this on my iPhone. :)

    Posted on 08-Jan-09 at 8:54 am | Permalink

  2. scottcarpenter wrote:

    Thanks for your comment Mr 20% ! ;)

    Posted on 09-Jan-09 at 6:55 am | Permalink