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Qualify the numbers

It's actually quite important to qualify how you
arrive at your percentages.

Are they based upon manufacturer's reported downloads
(and would therefore include the 'download to try and
then drop' brigade), or are they based upon actual
site visits, and what the browser reported it was to
the server.

Even then, the figures can be swayed dependent upon
the type of site that is having its stats used to
measure browser usage. A more technical site - this
one for example - is likely to have a higher
percentage of non-IE browsers than a less technical
site.

Probably more ideal would be to get browser stats from
across as many sites as possible, so we get a good
cross-section of 'society', and as accurate reporting
as possible.

Mr Shankland, can you qualify where you got your
numbers from please?

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