Interesting Web Data from 24 Hours on Hacker News' Front Page

Re:Interesting Web Data from 24 Hours on Hacker News' Front ... by nextparadigms on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @11:33AM (#2734344)

I believe TechCrunch will have similar data. Chrome seems to have about 50% market share on the big tech sites, while FF is maintaining its share, and IE is almost nowhere to be found.

I think it's a pretty good guide on what browser market shares will look like for most sites 5 years from now. IE8 is the last one standing. I don't think IE9/IE10 and beyond will come close to IE8's market share in the future, which means Microsoft not wanting to adopt features such as WebGL or WebM is pretty pointless, and it will probably even harm them.

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Re:Interesting Web Data from 24 Hours on Hacker News' Front ... by kenjackson on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @11:59AM (#2734471)

I'm not sure I'd describe HN and TechCrunch as the big tech sites. They're both pretty specialized around startup people (devs, VCs, etc...).

If you really want to see trends I think CNet, Ars Technica, Wired, and Engadget are going to give a much clearer picture of what tech savvy people are doing. Not just what tech savvy consumer-focused startup developers are doing.

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