Re:Opera moves to WebKit
by meerita on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @06:16AM
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IE was dominant on one OS. It wasn't dominante on anything else than Windows world. Please, and that dominion lasted no more than 10 years. It ended with Android and iOS.
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Re:Opera moves to WebKit
by PommeDeTerre on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @08:33AM
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Windows was (and still is) the dominant desktop OS. Until recently, it was a very dominant dominance, with competitors usually making up less than 5% of the market share.
Even today, mobile users typically account for only about 10% to 15% of a site's traffic, for sites that don't directly target mobile users. Mobile just isn't as important or widespread as a lot of people think it is.
I don't know wich sites you are watching. All the sites I do control mobile is rocketing away from the desktop. Last year it duplicated. This year looks like it will be higher.
Re:Opera moves to WebKit
by PommeDeTerre on Thursday February 14, 2013 @08:36AM
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StatCounter's global mobile vs. desktop usage is probably one of the best measures we've got available to us.
Their February 2013 results are at: http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_vs_desktop-ww-monthly-2013...
It gives a good sense of the current situation. Mobile browser usage is under 15%. It's nothing compared to the usage of desktop browsers. The growth from 2011 and 2012 isn't even that impressive, given the all of the hype and attention surrounding mobile.