Dutch Survey Shows IE Web Share Below 90%

happycorp writes "We've seen a few too many Firefox articles by now, but it is gaining a real presence in the market: Onestat reports that IE's share is down to 88.9% marketshare, with the combined Mozilla browsers above 7%. While we saw this trend much earlier in particular communities such as w3schools this is the first time IE has dropped below 90% in a general survey. Also interesting, the w3schools page shows a steady parallel increase in both Linux and Mac OS global marketshare over the last 18 months."

Comments

Re:0% IE, 100% Firefox

[91degrees]

Yup. And ease of installing extensions can't be beaten. In firefox I actually have to click on something, whereas IE will do it automatically.

Re:0% IE, 100% Firefox

[bhtooefr]

I use IE for Windows Update (although I have automatic updates on, anyway), and when I HAVE to visit a site that Opera can't handle (I've always hated Firefox - I might install it, though, as there's stuff that it can handle that Opera can't, and it's a WHOLE lot safer than IE).

Re:What's the critical marketshare threshold...

[DaHat]

By using IE I'm part of the problem? Wow, that's one of the most elitist positions I've ever heard, far worse than the traditional religious "everyone who doesn't believe in Jesus is going to hell!" one... at least their argument has some basis in logic.

Also, it's a shame when ones choice in browsers becomes... political.

You seem to paint the world in one of two camps... IE users who knowingly or not push non standards... and the alternative browser freedom fighters who fight a desperate battle against the forces of non compliance... shame it's not that simple.

As I said, there are far too many users out there who just want their browser to work and care little about what it takes to make it do so... and yes, I am in that camp, so I guess by your 2 sided logic, I am one of the sheep.

Of course... your label of sheep is flawed... it assumes that all IE users are sheep... and sheep by definition go along with the crowd rather than make their own decision, the fact that people use IE because it can handle their favorite sites is not a decision of a sheep, but instead one of a person who made a decision based on their needs.

Am I also a sheep because I, like many use Windows and not Linux? Of course... if I were using Linux and visiting /. ... wouldn't I then be a sheep? No? Unlike most Windows users, I can tell you exactly why I use Windows and not Linux, as well as why I find Windows to be an infinitely superior system to Linux any day. It is that same logic that applies to my choice of browsers. I want something that works for my needs, and Linux, nor Firefox can meet them, and jumping on an alternative bandwagon for months or years, hoping that it will become what I need is just a waste of my time and energies.

BTW... next time you post... please do not use Bush Doctrine logic (ie you're either with us or against us), such arguments, no matter the source is childish.

So with all that said... still want to call me a sheep? Feel free to do so, please remember though that such name calling will only reinforce my point of the previous paragraph.