![]() Again, this could owe much to users in Africa and Asia having greater impact during December. UC Browser overtook the iPhone to retake the #2 spot, while Opera moved to #4 at the expense of the aging Android browser. The top mobile browsing applications: Mobile Browser The month can be a little unusual, but I expect mobile growth to continue its upward trend into 2016. ![]() Worldwide Mobile Browser Statistics, November to December 2015ĭecember’s mobile usage regained 1% to reach 40.65% of all web activity. ![]() (Who needs the frustratingly slow and bloated Adobe Reader?) Firefox remains my default but I use Chrome on my phone, regularly open Opera for development (it starts noticeably faster than Chrome despite having the same rendering engine), and switch to Edge for testing and PDF viewing. My usage became increasingly erratic during 2015. Don’t be afraid to try alternatives and switch applications on a whim - they’re all good. Web developers should always install as many browsers as possible. This was done to provide security updates until the final Firefox 78 ESR update (version 78.15. These users were moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) channel by an application update. The browser is great, but I am concerned we’re unconsciously heading toward another monoculture era. Firefox version 78 was the last supported Firefox version for Mac users of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Chrome continues as the undisputed champion with a 6.12% jump. Firefox and Safari stumbled while Opera continued to hover under 2% for most of the year. IE’s demise continued, although the revitalized Edge offset some of the losses. Overall, 2015 was a relatively stable year for the browser market. There are no simple explanations, and all these movements could be temporary end-of-year blips. Opera is popular in Africa and Asia, so those regions possibly have a bigger influence when the US, Europe and Australia are less web-active. Opera’s market share now exceeds 2% for the first time since March 2011. This could be explained by people receiving new PCs or deciding to upgrade Windows 7/8 while business was quieter. ![]() This had the largest relative increase of more than 20%. Perhaps a larger proportion of people use Macs at home but the hike seems strange given the iOS versions of Safari barely changed? Chrome and Firefox suffered, although IE’s fall was fairly small compared to some months in 2015. various celebrations and more extreme weather can affect usage patterns.īizarrely, all the top browsers dropped.much of the Western world is on vacation so business access is reduced accordingly, and.it’s gift-giving season - many people are trying their new PCs, tablets and smartphones.There are several caveats so I recommend you read How Browser Market Share is Calculated and StatCounter vs NetMarketShare.)ĭecember can be an unusual month for the browser market: The ‘relative’ column indicates the proportional change, i.e. The ‘change’ column is the absolute increase or decrease in market share. (The tables show market share estimates for desktop browsers. The following table shows browser usage movements during the past twelve months: Browser I only wish there were something like this to globally block HTML5 video from loading, rather than just with YouTube.Worldwide Desktop & Tablet Browser Statistics, December 2014 to December 2015 I click on it and video then plays normally using Flash rather than HTML5. So I need to have FlashDisable deactivated when I go to the video I want.The white screen briefly flashes, then it changes to a window asking me to activate Flash Player. With YouTube, if FlashDisable is activated when I click on the Stop Tube white screen, I get an error message (I assume it would do the same without Flash installed or if it is disabled). I browse with this activated, and deactivate it with a click on the button if I need Flash on a certain webpage. But because I do not want flash content to load and play automatically when browsing, I have installed the FlashDisable plugin, which works wonderfully. Perhaps some of what works for me will help others having problems.
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