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%.