Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 today for Windows Vista or Windows XP (but not Windows 7)
Download it here >>>
Read about it on Wired blog >>>
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Internet Explorer 8
Global Market Share OS/Browser February 2009
User stats by Browser version
Global Market Share February 2009 According to Net Application MS Internet Explorer was 72.65% of the global market in February 2009 and Firefox (2 and 3) was 21.3%. Safari comes in 3rd position with 6.39% of the browser market.
IE 7.0 > 47.32%
IE 6.0 > 18.85%
Firefox 3.0 > 19.11%
Firefox 2.0 > 2.27%
Safari 3.1 > 2.47%
Safari 3.2 > 4.29%
Other > 5.55%
User stats by Operating System
- 88.41% – Windows
-> 63.53% – Win XP
-> 22.91% – Win Vista
- 9.61% – Mac
-> 5.64% – Mac OS X 10.5
-> 2.75% – Mac OS X 10.4
- 0.88% – Linux
- 0.48% – iPhone
- 0.07% – Java ME
- 0.05% – Windows Mobile
- 0.21% – Other
Source: http://marketshare.hitslink.com
Cross Browser Testing
You can use some of the links below to preview your web site in multiple browsers/os online:
Browsershots.org >>> (free)
Browsercam.com >>> (non-free)
Litmusapp.com >>> (non-free)
Crossbrowsertesting.com >>> (non-free)
The free service offered by some of those web site is sometime really slow and we don’t guarantee you it is 100% accurate.
You can use Emulation or Virtualization to run multiple browser/os versions on your MAC or your PC:
For PC Users:
> WMware >>>
> Virtual PC >>>
> All IE Versions VPC Image >>>
For MAC Intel Users:
> Parallels desktop >>>
> WMware Fusion >>>
Older Browser and Applications downloads >>>
The goal of testing is to get as close as possible to the final user experience. From our experience browser emulation is not always 100% accurate and in some cases you might miss some bugs by not using a real browser and a clean install.