Worldwide Operating Systems – Past Few Years
Worldwide Operating Systems – Past Year
United States Operating Systems – Past Few Years
United States Operating Systems – Past Year
Worldwide Mobile Operating Systems – Past Few Years
Worldwide Mobile Operating Systems – Past Year
United States Mobile Operating Systems – Past Few Years
United States Mobile Operating Systems – Past Year
Worldwide Browsers – Past Few Years
Worldwide Browsers – Past Year
United States Browsers – Past Few Years
United States Browsers – Past Year
Website Connectivity
Operating Systems (OS)
As you know, an ‘operating system’ is the software that controls the operation of a computer by directing the processing of programs, i.e., by controlling input and output functions, assigning storage space, etc. Even though at least a thousand operating systems have been developed over the years, only a very few of these are still being used today. We divided the data into ‘full operating systems’ that are used on desktop and laptop computers, and ‘mobile operating systems’ that are used on tablets, smartphones, etc. [http://gs.statcounter.com/]
Full Operating Systems
Worldwide Operating Systems – Past Few Years
The seven most commonly used operating systems in the world over the past few years are shown below. It is important to consider the trends. Obviously, some are losing market share, while others are gaining. Web developers should ensure that your sites work well on these operating systems, particularly those that are gaining market share.
Worldwide Operating Systems – Past Year
The seven most popular operating systems in the world in 2014 are shown below. Currently, developers should ensure that your sites work well on these operating systems, particularly Microsoft’s Windows 7, as well as others used by the majority of your users.
United States Operating Systems – Past Few Years
The seven most commonly used operating systems in the United States over the past few years are shown below. It is important to consider the trends. Obviously, some are losing market share, while others are gaining. Web developers should ensure that your sites work well on these operating systems, particularly those that are gaining market share.
United States Operating Systems – Past Year
The seven most popular operating systems in the United States in 2014 are shown below. Currently, developers should ensure that your sites work well on these operating systems, particularly Microsoft’s Windows 7, as well as others used by the majority of their users.
Mobile Operating Systems
Worldwide Mobile Operating Systems – Past Few Years
The eight most commonly used mobile operating systems in the world over the past few years are shown below. It is important to consider the trends. Obviously, some are losing market share, while others are gaining. Web developers whose sites are used on mobile devices should ensure that their sites work well on these operating systems.
Worldwide Mobile Operating Systems – Past Year
The eight most popular mobile operating systems in the world in 2014 are shown below. Currently, developers should ensure that their mobile sites work well on these operating systems, particularly Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.
United States Mobile Operating Systems – Past Few Years
The eight most commonly used mobile operating systems in the United States over the past few years are shown below. It is important to consider the trends: some are losing market share, while others are gaining. Web developers whose sites are used on mobile devices should ensure that their sites work well on these operating systems.
United States Mobile Operating Systems – Past Year
The eight most popular mobile operating systems in the United States in 2014 are shown below. Currently, developers should ensure that their sites work well on these operating systems, particularly Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.
Browsers
A web ‘browser’ is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display Internet content. This can include web pages, text, images, sounds, and video. Entering a website’s address (URL) in the address window of a browser will bring up that website in the browser’s main window. [http://gs.statcounter.com/]
Worldwide Browsers – Past Few Years
The most commonly used browsers in the world over the past few years are shown below. It is important to consider the trends: some are losing market share, while others are gaining. Web developers should ensure that your sites work well on these browsers, particularly those that are gaining market share.
Worldwide Browsers – Past Year
The most popular browsers in the world in 2014 are shown below. Currently, developers should ensure that your sites work well on these browsers, particularly Mozilla’s Firefox, Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), as well as others used by the majority of your users.
United States Browsers – Past Few Years
The most commonly used browsers in the United States over the past few years are shown below. It is important to consider the trends: some are losing market share, while others are gaining. Web developers should ensure that your sites work well on these browsers, particularly those that are gaining market share.
United States Browsers – Past Year
The most popular browsers in the United States in 2014 are shown below. Currently, developers should ensure that your sites work well on these browsers, particularly Mozilla’s Firefox, Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), as well as others used by the majority of your users.
Website Connectivity
What should concern a user interface developer is the download speed of your website – primarily the homepage and other commonly used pages. Your download rate is based partially on design decisions you have made related to navigation, display and content issues. The main question is whether your site is downloading so slowly that it is irritating many of your users – particularly those in countries that have slower Internet connections.
Here is one way to obtain a better understanding of whether or not you have a ‘slow loading’ problem:
- Determine your own download speed using this speed test.
- Go to this NetIndex site to determine the average download speed of the countries that have a large number of people using your site. The large number at the top is the average worldwide download speed. The average download speed of each country is shown as you look down the page.
- For example, assume that you have many users in Bermuda, and that the measured download speed of your Internet connection is 28.79 Mbps. The NetIndex chart shows that the connectivity index for Bermuda is 6.4 Mbps – this is about 4.5 times slower than your computer (28.79/6.44=4.5).
- There is another tool (Charles) that you can use to simulate what it feels like to access your site in Bermuda.