Onto
the web
Some websites
can provide you with statistics on internet usage. Then you can make an
informed decision whenever you wonder if the target audience will have
the necessary plug-ins or version of a browser needed to view a proposed
feature on your website.
http://www.websidestory.com The pioneer and leading provider of real-time Internet intelligence and Web audience analysis.
http://www.statmarket.com An Internet intelligence service that reports data on global Internet user trends. StatMarket's statistics are collected from more than 40 million visitors a day to nearly 200,000 Web sites worldwide using WebSideStory's HitBox Enterprise http://www.hitboxenterprise.com and other HitBox Web audience analysis services.
http://www.webperf.com
Some examples from StatMarket:
1. Windows,
Mac, Unix percentage of browsers
As
of Oct. 4, 2000 according to WebSideStory's StatMarket: Windows had a
worldwide usage share of 92.82%, the Mac OS accounted for 2.84% of all
monitored Internet usage, while Unix had 0.44%. Other operating systems,
including Microsoft's WebTV, Linux, SunOS, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Amiga,
and IBM OS/2 among others, had an aggregate 3.90% usage share worldwide.
While the overall growth in Mac's usage has been nearly stagnant; it has held ground better than Windows, which has dropped by more than a percentage point from 94.11% on Jan. 10, 1999. Other operating systems have risen by more than a percentage point collectively since early 1999. "The fact that the Apple's Mac OS share has not eroded, and others have made small gains, seems to indicate that there is room for non-Microsoft operating systems on the Web." StatMarket's information is gathered in real-time and reported daily.
2. Flash and multimedia enabled percentage of browsers (link)
