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Question: Browser Release Dates and Marketshare
This question relates to the following categories: Internet Marketing, Web Design
Answer:
The below table shows release dates and marketshare of various web browsers. When building a website it is important to ensure that your website is compatible with most if not all web browsers so that your audience can engage with your business.
Redalto Communications is a leading web developer of business websites. Every website we launch has been tested to strict quality controls, of which cross-browser compatibility is one of the many tests we conduct.
| Web Browsers | ||
Major Browser Releases |
Release date |
Market Share as at Aug11 |
Internet Explorer 6.0 |
Oct. 2001 |
2.3% |
Internet Explorer 7.0 |
Oct. 2006 |
4.4% |
Internet Explorer 8.0 |
Mar. 2009 |
12.6% |
Internet Explorer 9.0 |
Mar. 2011 |
3.6% |
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Firefox 3.5 |
Jun. 2009 |
1.5% |
Firefox 3.6 |
Jan. 2010 |
12.3% |
Firefox 4.0 |
Mar. 2011 |
21.5% |
Firefox 5.0 |
Jun. 2011 |
5.6% |
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Chrome 11.0 |
Apr. 2011 |
7.6% |
Chrome 12.0 |
Jun. 2011 |
17.3% |
Chrome 13.0 |
Aug. 2011 |
0.8% |
Chrome 14.0 |
Aug. 2011 |
0.2% |
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Safari 4.0 |
Jun. 2008 |
0.2% |
Safari 5.0 |
Jun. 2010 |
3.5% |
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Opera 10.0 |
Nov. 2009 |
0.2% |
Opera 11.0 |
Dec. 2010 |
1.7% |
Source: W3C
| Mobile Browsers | |
Browser |
Market Share as at Jul11 |
Opera |
22.07% |
Android |
18.17% |
Nokia |
17.01% |
iPhone |
15.01% |
BlackBerry |
12.3% |
NetFront |
4.01% |
Obigo |
0.99% |
Others |
10.29% |
Source: Statcounter
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- Author: Redalto Support Team
- Created on: 15 Aug 2011
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- Last modified: 15 Sep 2011
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