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What's Your Browser Preference?

posted by Meghan Haley @ Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 4:42 PM
There has been some debate around the office lately about which browser we, as online marketers, should use as default. Some of my colleagues believe we should adopt Firefox because of its flexible tools and overall superior (in their opinion) usability. While I do not contest that Firefox has its benefits, I remain an IE user with the belief that we should align our behavior with that of the majority, and the majority uses IE….at least that’s what I assumed.


To ensure my claim was founded I decided to do a bit of research. Based on the statistics below from www.w3schools.com, Internet Explorer remains the most common browser. I can be confident my claim is accurate.









However it seems Firefox is moving in on IE’s position with a steady climb in usage. So, it may only be a matter of time before I’m experiencing the superior Firefox usage features my colleagues talk about….but I may not have to wait!

An article on www.windowshelp.com outlines some great ad-ons for IE which, I believe, truly enhance the browser's usability. This includes a ‘find as you type’ feature, allowing users to more quickly search page content for specific terms. This feature just happens to be one of the main features my colleagues claim make Firefox a superior browser.

I guess time will only tell whether Firefox will continue its climb and surpass Internet Explorer as the most commonly used browser. Until then, I guess my colleagues and I will just need to agree to disagree, and use the browsers that fit our individual preferences. Because, in the end, no matter what our personal browser usage, we need to be good online marketers and test everything we do in all browsers.

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