lol... yeah, honestly i used opera for a short while to see what all the fuss was about. it was neat in the way a new toy is to a little kid, but hardly something i'd depend on. the shiny coating dulled rather quickly. and safari, well, mac has so little market share, and i have no way of checking it anyways, that i pay little attention to it (i also have not had any complaints from mac users... so i'm guessing it works anyway).
as far as the mozilla thing goes, i do think there is a little more variance in alternate browsers in more webmaster-oriented traffic, since they seem to be a little more tech-oriented than general surfer traffic. plus, since i use mozilla, and i'm fairly particular about being accurate with my code, i find it better for me just to build for mozilla.
i would definitely agree that IE rules the web. i think web marketing is going to change quite a bit in the near future is well. i've heard that a new version of IE to be released 'fore long is going to have a built-in popup blocker like mozilla. when that hits the streets, it's going to put a world of hurt on consoles, and i imagine we will start to see a huge decline in their use. that's just my thoughts, tho.
as much as most of us truly detest consoles, they _do_ work (although i'm proud to say not one of my sites, personal or public has ever used a console, nor will i ever include such
).