Segmented Web Browsing Will Be the DMZ of the 2010’s

I spent yesterday on the front page of
Hacker News
for
my git primer, which resulted in over 12K page views and some fascinating insight into
what technologies are being used by HN’s readers. Here are some of the main
data points:

1. Chrome is stomping Firefox among HN-browsing developers (50% vs. 27%).

2. Almost 10% of readers came from mobile devices (8.62%). That’s pretty
   stunning to me. We all know mobile dominance is coming, but this seems
   high for being this early.

3. Apple is still crushing among developers (most hits were for the post
   about git), with almost double the hits of all the competitors in the
   next nine positions.

My takeaways are that mobile browsing is accelerating faster than I thought,
and that Chrome and iOS are dominating among those most capable of using
alternatives. ::

Notes

1 Keep in mind that a git primer is going to call out an even more
specialized subset of the HN population, so this isn’t representative of
*all* HN readers.2 I’ve been
predicting
Chrome’s domination since its beta launch.3 My
web server configuration
giggled very slightly at the traffic . 🙂