Flash usage - 6.9% of Web users?

[Andrew Ayres]

Hi all,


A while ago, John D posted some Flash stats to the list, reporting 24mil

downloads etc. However, a former colleague of mine (who's now programmer at

BBC Online in London), is arguing there's no point in using Flash because

only 6.9% of people have it.


I counter-argued that;

1) 6.9% is still about 7mil people

2) This percentage is increasing

3) The Java Flash player expands the audience (but admittedly has problems

with older browsers/platforms)


He got his stats from... 


http://vancouver-webpages.com/cgi-bin/rd-plugins-bycount


LiveAudio 57.1%

QuickTime Plug-In 50.8%

Netscape Default Plugin 40.8%

NPAVI32 Dynamic Link Library 38.7%

Live3D Plugin DLL 35.5%

Shockwave for Director 12.7%

Navigator Generic Sample Plugin 12.1%

Navigator AVI Sample Plugin 11.5%

Adobe Acrobat 8.7%

Shockwave Flash 6.9%


Is this fairly accurate? Anyone have other stat sources?


Andrew




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