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Analysis of Browser Statistics from Three Sources Sep 2006 through Nov 2006To Help Evaluate if Browsers Support CSS for LayoutA common reason cited for not giving up tables for layouts is due to "browser support". So I did some analysis from three Web Browser statistics sites to see if it were true. The SitesThe AnalysisAccording to W3Schools Browser Statistics page for the months of Sept-Nov 2006, 90.4% of the browsers listed were browsers that support CSS for layout and in that same time frame 37.1% were browsers with standards support (in other words, not IE 6 or 5). To get these numbers, I added up all the columns except MSIE 5.x. W3Schools doesn't include browsers that get below 0.5% share. The stats on the Browser News site lists an average of 95.4% use CSS browsers and 39.6% are using browsers with standards support. This was a little trickier as Browser News gets their stats from 6 sources. I averaged the values for each browser and then added them up (again, except for MSIE 5.x) I didn't see the time period these statistics represent. Stats from the counter.com for September - November 2006, show 96% CSS support and 16% standards support. They have the most current statistics, with December 2006, having 97% CSS and 27% standards and January (through January 17th when I looked at it) 98% CSS and 34% standards. |
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