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2012-02-07 , 13:36
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Originally Posted by strongm View Post
Firstly, This is opinion, not fact. It isn't born out by the current global figures. All the major stat counters (StatCounter, Net Application, W3 Counter, Clicky etc) show IE being ahead globally. Yes, there are regional variations and yes IE's market share has dropped over the years, but that does not support your above contention..
I use IE7 at work, because I'm forced to. It's fact that it's worse than ff, chrome, or IE8/9, but I'm still using it. Considering how many people use Internet at work, this is a significant bias in the "global figures". And being an IT friendly browser does not sell to teenagers (that's fact too).

Originally Posted by strongm View Post
Secondly, the version of IE on Windows Phone 7 is actually IE Mobile 9, which is not the same thing as desktop IE9 (just as the Mozilla-based MicroB on the N900 is not the same thing as Mozilla Firefox); they could just as easily called it Fred.
And they should have called it Fred. Because of the Brand. The intrinsic cappabilities of IE Mobile 9 don't count when choosing a mobile in the shop. The name does. But I don't have figures on opinions on mobile browsers, so it's hard to back this up completely.