Monday, October 18, 2010
The multiple-media.Com Barometer Reveals Surprising Facts about Browser Usage in Quebec
Montreal Web agency multiple-media.com has just launched its latest multiple-media.com Barometer about the usage of browsers in Quebec and the main highlight is appalling : not only is Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6)–a browser that Microsoft launched almost a decade ago–still very present, it seems to be here to stay!
In the context of a Web project, which browsers–and even which versions–should be supported, among all those available? To answer this question, the multiple-media.com Barometer team performed a detailed analysis of data covering over 6 million visits of Quebec websites encompassing a whole spectrum of sectors, from professional to institutional, financial, leisure, and services. A few highlights:
- IE 8 is the most popular browser in Quebec, with 33.9% of the traffic
- IE 7 is in second position, with 25% of the traffic
- IE 6 remains very popular, with a third place and 19.9% of the traffic, which indicates it will be here for years to come
- Firefox, Safari, Chrome are winning market shares.
“Web project managers must consider from the onset which browsers they will support because some of them require more work, and this decision has a significant impact on interfaces and functionalities. Development schedules for IE8 and IE6, for example, are not the same”, said Jean-Philippe Bédard, Director, Web Solutions, at multiple-media.com and author of this multiple-media.com Barometer analysis.
The latest multiple-media.com Barometer offers marketing and IT executives guidelines that will help them define the specifications of their Web projects and plan accordingly.
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multiple-media.com designs Web strategies and Web applications, differentiating itself since its creation, in 1997, through the high quality of its client services, the reliability of its solutions, and the excellence of its productions which effectively blend communication and technologies. The Montreal agency has developed several web applications including MMCM-CMS, a powerful CMS that allows non-technical users to securely build and maintain multilingual websites and portals in real time.
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