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Firefox rules the online video roost

Few people will be surprised that Firefox has an above average market share on technology websites. Technology workers after all are more open to installing new software, and they are also more likely to pay attention to details such Firefox' security enhancements.

Concretely, roughly 40 per cent of our overall visitors uses Firefox. Compare that to a global market share of about 20 per cent.

Ffox But things get even better for Firefox when it gets to online video. The vast majority of visitors watching videos posted on this blog uses Firefox. In the case of last week's Java FX video (which so far ranks as the most watched video for this month), 71 per cent of the viewers used Firefox (see below for a chart).

Other videos show a similar pattern. Friday's OLPC video for instance currently stands at 60 per cent Firefox and 23 per cent Internet Explorer.
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May 14, 2007 at 11:20 PM | Permalink

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