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Global Browser Stats for January 2004

Courtesy of TheCounter.com, which logs about half a million unique visitors per hour, the below are the latest compiled stats on JavaScript penetration, browser popularity and more.

• JavaScript 1.2+ is active in 94% of all browsers. Only 4% have no JavaScript capability.
• Java is enabled in 93%+ of browsers.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.1+ has a 74% market share.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer follows with 17%.
• Mozilla has a 1% penetration rate.
• Netscape 5.x and Opera both also have a 1% share.
• Thursday and Friday are the most popular surfing days.
• A screen resolution of 1024x768 is used on 49% of all computer systems.
• The 800x600 resolution is used on 37% of all systems.
• A resolution of 1280x1024 is used on 6% of all computer systems.
• A resolution of 1152x864 is used by 3% of users.
• The 640x480 screen resolution is at 1%.

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