Chrome, Safari taking browser share

I think those numbers from one website do not say much, because it really depends on the many factors. For example, here are my my stats (general news website, Europe):

Firefox - 43.11%, IE - 42.29%, Opera - 9.63%, Chrome - 3.21%, Safari - 1.14%

Title should be appended with 'on zdnet.com.au' YMMV

Or even changed to "nibble away at browser share", considering the findings (even among zdnet.com.au visitors), given:

"For the month until 21 July, 5.2 per cent of ZDNet.com.au readers used Chrome, compared with 3.5 per cent for the same monthly period six months ago. 5.9 per cent used Safari, compared with 4.4 per cent six months ago. ZDNet.com.au generally receives several million page impressions each month."

"Internet Explorer lost 1.3 per cent to remain in the lead with 50.7 per cent, while Mozilla Firefox also sank 1.8 per cent to reach 37 per cent."

And this (gradually) taking away browser share is scarcely news: it's been the pattern for - what - two-three years?

Well Chrome is quite new and Safari uptake has increased with Mac marketshare, so having these two with some respectable share is a new, and I think positive, thing. People need to develop for "the web" not for a particular browser.