Browser Families
1. Gecko-Based Browsers. This family includes Mozilla Firefox, Camino, SeaMonkey, Netscape 6-8, etc. Reportedly, 15% of the whole internet users are using Gecko-based browsers, and the percentage is growing slowly. These people are aware that there are alternative web browsers.
2. KHTML-Based Browsers. This family includes Safari, OmniWeb 4.5+, Konqueror, etc. Percentage of KHTML browsers is about 3.5%, majority of it uses Safari. The percentage, like that of Gecko-based browsers, is slowly increasing.
3. Microsoft Internet Explorer. Before, IE-based browsers users were up to 94%. Now it’s down to 79%. The users transferred to other browser families, with the greater part transferring at Gecko-based browsers.
4. Opera. Only 1% of the entire population of web users uses Opera.
5. Mobile Browser. Only few uses these browsers, but the number is increasing rapidly. These are used in PDA’s and cellphones.