There were 780,000 unique visitors to this site in 2008, according to my stats, up from 650,000 in 2007.<\/p>\n
Windows 80.5% (down from 82.1%)<\/p>\n
Mac 4.2% (up from 4%)<\/p>\n
Linux 4.1% (up from 3.5%)<\/p>\n
IE 51.5% (down from 58.8%)<\/p>\n
Firefox 25.3% (up from 20.5%)<\/p>\n
Opera 4.1% (up from 3.2%)<\/p>\n
Safari 2.8% (up from 2.5%)<\/p>\n
Chrome 0.6% (new, not available all year)<\/p>\n
Note: some of the most-read posts in 2008 were published in 2007 or earlier, including Outlook is slow, RSS broken<\/a> (complete with 188 comments), and Annoying Word 2007 problem \u2013 can\u2019t select text<\/a> (248 comments) \u2013 both examples of users searching for fixes to problems with Microsoft software.<\/p>\n From 2008, these were the 10 most read: <\/p>\n Fixing wifi on Asus Eee PC 901 with Linux<\/a><\/p>\n Vista SP1 vs Server 2008 as a desktop OS: more comparisons <\/a><\/p>\n Why I can\u2019t use Microsoft Live search for real work<\/a> (I now think some of the problems mentioned in this post are to do with inappropriate localization)<\/p>\n More Silverlight, Visual Studio setup hassles<\/a><\/p>\n VirtualBox is amazing, 50% faster than Virtual PC on my PC<\/a> (intriguing as a recent review I saw claimed that Virtual PC is actually faster than VirtualBox).<\/p>\n CNN Daily Top 10 spam shows failure of user education<\/a><\/p>\n Changing the motherboard or storage controller underneath Windows XP and Vista<\/a><\/p>\n What’s new in Delphi 2009<\/a><\/p>\n Counting Primes in Flash and Silverlight<\/a> (see also tests for Alchemy<\/a>, JavaFX<\/a> and Chrome<\/a>) <\/p>\n Debugging PHP code to fix a WordPress problem<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks for reading in 2008, and Happy New Year. I may do a more general review of 2008 if I can find the time before it is too late!<\/p>\n There were 780,000 unique visitors to this site in 2008, according to my stats, up from 650,000 in 2007. OS stats Windows 80.5% (down from 82.1%) Mac 4.2% (up from 4%) Linux 4.1% (up from 3.5%) Browser stats IE 51.5% (down from 58.8%) Firefox 25.3% (up from 20.5%) Opera 4.1% (up from 3.2%) Safari 2.8% … Continue reading 2008 on IT Writing: browser and OS stats, plus what you\u2019ve been reading<\/span> and finally<\/h3>\n