In a survey of over 1,300 professional web developers and designers conducted February 2011, 23% of respondents used Safari as their mobile browser of choice, more than double the share of second place Android (11.8% of respondents). However, the two browsers are trending in opposite directions as Safari is down 20% from the previous year while Android has skyrocketed an astounding 210% from 2010. This trend is expected to continue as Android-capable phones and tablets continue to steal market share from Apple's iPhone and iPad. In fact, the number of developers that claimed they were focused on Android devices jumped from 10% in 2010 to over 36% in 2011 (phones and tablets combined). Other test browsers such as Opera and the Blackberry 6 platform remain far behind either due to a lack of consumer demand or developer interest. It is interesting to note that the Windows Phone 7 browser has made a very little impact on developers despite the launch of Windows Phone 7 just in November 2010. One possible reason is that some developers are waiting for the launch of Internet Explorer 9 on the Windows platform sometime in the next two years. Another surprisingly poor showing came from ChromeOS which, despite being shipped on millions of devices worldwide, has failed to gain much traction with developers.
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