Mac OSX is now up to 51% with Windows at 41% and Linux trailing at 4%. The JavaScript framework jQuery continues to outpace all others at an impressive 78% adoption.

Firefox is still the browser of choice at 54% with Safari at 20% and Chrome 17%. IE and Opera are close to being irrelevant.

It’s interesting to note the adoption curve for HTML5, CSS3 and font linking. It appears that many developers are already using the latest web technologies to a limited extent.

Linux dominates all other operating systems at 62% for running web development servers with Apache the preferred web server at 69%. Of the developers who use backend frameworks, Ruby on Rails heads the list at 14%.

The database of choice is still MySQL at 70% with Microsoft SQLServer PostgreSQL and Oracle all trailing far back.

Are you considering using some of the latest new methods and technologies in your web development?

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Seneca

I have to admit upfront that I’ve had a Mint.com account for a very long time and never used it. Every time I went to enter my account information something made me pause.

“What am I thinking? I am really going to trust them with all of my money?”

When a technology journalist I like to follow mentioned that he finally entered his account information because his security concerns had finally been met, I thought I would finally take the plunge. Then, suddenly out of nowhere, Intuit decides to buy Mint.com.

This turn of events has made me pause once more. What exactly will the purchase mean for Mint.com? Many in the blogosphere who like Mint predict it’s the beginning of it’s demise. They don’t like Intuit’s website and think the same people will bring their terrible ideas to Mint.

The founder of Mint.com, Aaron Patzer, wrote in a blog post that this:

“could bring Mint.com’s unique approach to personal financial management to millions more consumers and small businesses.”

The interesting thing to note is that both the Windows and Mac updates to Intuit’s desktop Quicken software is about to ship and won’t get to see any of Aaron’s “unique approach”. Indeed, Intuit publicist Scott Gulbransen has confirmed as much.

So…I’m back where I was, interested in Mint’s online service (I think I’d love the iPhone app), but afraid to take the plunge.

Do you use Quicken Online or Mint? How do you think this will affect you?