[thelist] Flash stats.
Ryan Finley
RyanF at SonicFoundry.com
Thu May 10 17:47:20 CDT 2001
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At 05:13 PM 5/10/2001, you wrote:
>Well, since Netscape is MUCH more prevalent among Mac users, this would
make
>sense since Macs are overrepresented in the Netscape plug-ins category.
>What we really need is cross-tab support to know for sure (should have used
>SurveyMonkey!)
Huh? Most Mac users I know (except the diehard anti-Microsoft ones) use
IE5 because it's one of the best browsers out there. NN4 is about as
crash-prone on the Mac as on the PC, except it generally takes out the
whole machine.
>As far 4.2% being low, doesn't that pretty much jive with the market
>penetration rate?
Only if you base market penetration on new computer sales (like the
industry does - which is wrong). If you count installed base, Macintosh
penetration is much higher (because people generally use Macs longer than
they use PCs, although this is changing). I have no numbers but it's
closer to 10% than 5%.
>>
That's what we all need...numbers!
My assumption for higher Netscape use among Mac users is simple inertia.
All Windows machines come pre-installed with IE. This wasn't true for all
but the latest versions of the MacOS. IE on the Mac wasn't an acceptable
alternative until 5.0, and that was a very recent development.
But, again, this is pure speculation...show me the numbers!
Ryan Finley
President - SurveyMonkey.com (http://www.surveymonkey.com)
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