IE down to 56% of WinCustomize userbase
Firefox at 38%
Sunday, November 19, 2006 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
WinCustomize.com gets millions of visitors a month. But of those millions of users, fewer and fewer of them seem to be using Internet Explorer. At one time, over 90% of our users were using IE. Now, it's down to 56%.
Of that 56%, about a third of them have already upgraded to IE 7. The rest are using IE6.
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pfelelep2
Reply #22 Monday, November 20, 2006 9:56 AM
Reply #22 Monday, November 20, 2006 9:56 AM
OPERA and FIREFOX here.
IE7 is slow and don't block enough ads according to me.
FF's flashblock and adblock extensions really change my experience of internet surfing.
IE7 is slow and don't block enough ads according to me.
FF's flashblock and adblock extensions really change my experience of internet surfing.
Septimus
Reply #23 Monday, November 20, 2006 10:49 AM
Reply #23 Monday, November 20, 2006 10:49 AM
IE7 mainly for me. But Opera sometimes.
Just don't like FF2. Not sure why, just don't like the feel of it.
IE7 + Adblock sorts any issues. Adblock also plugs into Opera and FF2 which is nice.
Just don't like FF2. Not sure why, just don't like the feel of it.
IE7 + Adblock sorts any issues. Adblock also plugs into Opera and FF2 which is nice.
Adamness
Reply #24 Monday, November 20, 2006 11:07 AM
Reply #24 Monday, November 20, 2006 11:07 AM
I use FF because I like the skins and extensions. Speaking of which, wouldn't it be cool to have the great skinners here at WC get into Firefox skinning? 
whiterabbit007
Reply #25 Monday, November 20, 2006 11:49 AM
Reply #25 Monday, November 20, 2006 11:49 AM
I find it funny when people say that now with IE7 out there's no reason to use FF any more - what exactly are the reasons to use IE7? As far as I'm concerned if I'm going to switch back to IE I'll need a damn good reason to do that, and having features that barely come close to what FF offers just ain't gonna cut it. Sure IE7 is light years ahead of IE6 but after 5 years that is the bare minimum I'd expect. There's just absolutely nothing that IE7 does better than Firefox, and when you take the FF extensions into account there's no competition. I mean, browsing the net w/o AdBlock - the horror!
blackcat77
Reply #26 Monday, November 20, 2006 1:34 PM
Reply #26 Monday, November 20, 2006 1:34 PM
I've been using Firefox since it was Firebird. I need IE7 for a few sites which stubbornly refuse to make themselves Firefox-friendly, but that's only a tiny minority. FF is faster and much lighter on the system, so I'll be sticking with it for the foreseeable future.
KiwiSwe
Reply #27 Monday, November 20, 2006 1:54 PM
Reply #27 Monday, November 20, 2006 1:54 PM
I like everything to look good thats one of the main reasons i run IE7, FF in my eyes just looks crappy even with skins that looks good..
Nah and i love the IE7 interface with the easy to open and close tabs, zoom, favorites etc etc. Everything is right where i want it to be.
It looks alot better than FF in XP and it looks waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than FF in Vista wich ive been running for the last months, but is now back in XP.
The only thing i dont like is the search box, they should have put it on the bottom of the browser or something than just placing it exactly as in FF, doesnt feel righ to have it there i allways forget about it.
Nah and i love the IE7 interface with the easy to open and close tabs, zoom, favorites etc etc. Everything is right where i want it to be.
It looks alot better than FF in XP and it looks waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than FF in Vista wich ive been running for the last months, but is now back in XP.
The only thing i dont like is the search box, they should have put it on the bottom of the browser or something than just placing it exactly as in FF, doesnt feel righ to have it there i allways forget about it.
alpha-prime
Reply #28 Monday, November 20, 2006 2:20 PM
Reply #28 Monday, November 20, 2006 2:20 PM
I use IE7 but find that the Win Cust forums and the GUI champs web site do not display correctly. I get a whole series of alert boxes with "object not found". This only happens at the two sites mentioned. 
Robin Siebler
Reply #29 Monday, November 20, 2006 2:58 PM
Reply #29 Monday, November 20, 2006 2:58 PM
I use Maxthon. I've tried Firefox, but the memory leak sucks and I got tired of having to restart the browser every 3-4 hours. I've tried several other IE based browsers and Maxthon is the best. I tried Opera, but it just never 'felt' right to me.
slagny
Reply #30 Monday, November 20, 2006 3:11 PM
I agree, Firefox used to be better than IE6 but now IE7 has improved itself to the point of being the browser of choice. Also you need to install too many extentions and plugins for Firefox to make it perform the same as IE and I don't care to initiate any conflicts.
Reply #30 Monday, November 20, 2006 3:11 PM
| I use both IE7 and Firefox, but Firefox does not impress me as much as it used to. |
I agree, Firefox used to be better than IE6 but now IE7 has improved itself to the point of being the browser of choice. Also you need to install too many extentions and plugins for Firefox to make it perform the same as IE and I don't care to initiate any conflicts.
SteveGosselin
Reply #31 Monday, November 20, 2006 5:38 PM
Yeap
Reply #31 Monday, November 20, 2006 5:38 PM
| I wonder ... I don't use IE, I use an app called NetCaptor but it runs on top of IE. I assume then that I'm considered an IE user? |
Yeap
andy0369
Reply #32 Monday, November 20, 2006 6:27 PM
Reply #32 Monday, November 20, 2006 6:27 PM
I use Firefox. I don't even bother trying to open IE because it basically doesn't work. I have problems scrolling through pages. I can't go to certain sites because it will lock up and it takes longer than Firefox to open. Not to mention I have Firefox all set up to load all the tabs I had open when I close it to restart my computer.
I installed IE 7, but that was no better.
I installed IE 7, but that was no better.
seldomseen
Reply #33 Monday, November 20, 2006 6:44 PM
TYCUS!
I use IE7, now. It works fine for me.
Reply #33 Monday, November 20, 2006 6:44 PM
| maybe microsoft wash my brain |
TYCUS!
I use IE7, now. It works fine for me.
reindeer057
Reply #34 Monday, November 20, 2006 6:45 PM
Reply #34 Monday, November 20, 2006 6:45 PM
I write extensions for Firefox. There is no way I would ever use another browser. Firefox has too many extensions for me to use anything else(Including my own, which has no similar variant on any other browser that I know of). I love how easy it is to customize it anyway I like. There are many ways to change or enhance the UI, via skins, extensions, default features, or the userChrome.css. I can understand not wanting to 'work' at customizing Firefox, but IMO its no work at all.
GhoS
Reply #35 Monday, November 20, 2006 10:34 PM
Reply #35 Monday, November 20, 2006 10:34 PM
Sure maybe FF2's interface isn't quite as souped up as IE7, but IE7 just feels totally out of place on XP and inefficient in its use of space.
There is no way I could use IE7 as my main browser after being on FF for over 2 years. It just doesn't work out for me. It has some nice updates, but its only just caught up to FF, it has a ways to go if its going to best it.
There is no way I could use IE7 as my main browser after being on FF for over 2 years. It just doesn't work out for me. It has some nice updates, but its only just caught up to FF, it has a ways to go if its going to best it.
Lantec
Reply #36 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:53 AM
Reply #36 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:53 AM
I had been using Opera for the last couple years but I recently tried out FF2 and IE7.
I still prefer Opera to IE7. While they do have tabs, their implementation is very basic and overall it's no where near as configurable as Opera.
I do like the latest version of FF and am using it as I type this response. I still like Opera better overall...but FF seems to work better with this site.
I still prefer Opera to IE7. While they do have tabs, their implementation is very basic and overall it's no where near as configurable as Opera.
I do like the latest version of FF and am using it as I type this response. I still like Opera better overall...but FF seems to work better with this site.
Doodlebop
Reply #37 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:45 PM
Reply #37 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:45 PM
I've been a Firefox user for years and love it. IE7 is too heavy on the system resources
just like Norton.Firefox is quick and light.
just like Norton.Firefox is quick and light.
Septimus
Reply #38 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:39 PM
Reply #38 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:39 PM
For IE7 users: Get IESpell and Inline Search extensions. More reasons not to use FF2.
Support Adblock also, the coder is a great guy and very accomodating to coding requests, bug reports etc and it does a better job than Adblock or Adblock Plus (remove's ad's from any app).
Support Adblock also, the coder is a great guy and very accomodating to coding requests, bug reports etc and it does a better job than Adblock or Adblock Plus (remove's ad's from any app).
ZubaZ
Reply #39 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:21 PM
Ad support sites. Blocking ads can kill revenue and thence the site you want to see. If you are going to block ads, find other ways to support those sites.
Reply #39 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:21 PM
| Support Adblock also, the coder is a great guy and very accomodating to coding requests, bug reports etc and it does a better job than Adblock or Adblock Plus (remove's ad's from any app). |
Ad support sites. Blocking ads can kill revenue and thence the site you want to see. If you are going to block ads, find other ways to support those sites.
Buttermaker
Reply #40 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:07 PM
Reply #40 Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:07 PM
How do they know these figures? No one asked me. I have been using IE ever since day one and I love the new IE7. Firefox is ok, but some websites do not work well with it, especially high security government sites. Firefox is still a simple minded browser for simple minded people, I guess 
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Reply #21 Monday, November 20, 2006 8:57 AM