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Firefox Continues Gains against IE

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the second-f-is-lower-case-on-my-version-but-not-cnet's dept.

kurtz_tan writes "News.com reports that the popularity of alternative Web browser Firefox continues to rise at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to a new study by WestSideStory. The study measured market share by embedding sensors on major web sites such as those of Walt Disney, Best Buy, Sony and Liz Claiborne. WebSideStory retrieves data from 30 million internet users a day passing through its monitored sites. The company then takes a snapshot of two days and compares the growth. Since beginning its measurements last summer, WebSideStory has been cautious to draw any broad conclusions about Firefox's popularity. This time around, the company said many people are not only downloading Firefox, they're sticking with it and using it."

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  1. It's WEBSideStory , not WestSideStory by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    according to a new study by WestSideStory.

    It's WEBSideStory , not WestSideStory

    I feel pretty, oh so pretty...

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    1. Re:It's WEBSideStory , not WestSideStory by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Funny

      As an alternative to the completely stupid AC sibling discussion:

      The funny part is that the submission called it WestSideStory (the namesake musical), not WebSideStory (the company). This is in itself humorous, but the "I feel pretty" line makes it even more so.

      Explaining the joke: Effectively taking the humor out of it since 1997.

  2. hah by 2MuchC0ffeeMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    granted you see this in every article...

    A Microsoft spokesman did not immediately comment for this story

    but i love that.

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  3. Internet Explorer technologies for UNIX by anandpur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do not know why MS discontinued IE for Unix. I can see thay can expand there.

    http://www.microsoft.com/unix/ie/default.asp/

  4. Yeh but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I reckon much of the increase is due to IE users spoofing their user-agent and pretending to be Firefox

  5. Liz Claiborne? by khef · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since when is Liz Claiborne a major site?

  6. At the risk of revealing a proclivity ... by reporter · · Score: 4, Funny
    At the risk of revealing a proclivity, I too use FireFox almost exclusively now even though FireFox is much slower on my computer than Micro$oft IE. For reasons of speed, I initially hesitated in using FireFox, but eventually I could not tolerate all the viruses and malware targetted at IE. On several occasions, my system was so badly infected with malware that I reinstalled Windows.

    Admittedly, I am not a typical user. I visit numerous porn sites and am addicted to looking at gorgeous, naked women who would never spend time with me. Unfortunately, those sites are also boobytrapped with pop ups, viruses, and malware. If you do not believe me, then use IE on Windows and surf 1000 sites over the course of a month. At the end of the month, your computer will be unusable, and you will be forced to reinstall Windows.

    With FireFox, I am relatively safe when I visit those sites. So far, none of the boobytraps have infected my computer. The only negative is that downloading the pictures takes a while with FireFox since it is not as tightly integrated into the OS as IE. Nonetheless, I am no longer reinstalling Windows on a monthly basis.

    Now, where's that can of vaseline.... Just kidding.

    1. Re:At the risk of revealing a proclivity ... by Thing+1 · · Score: 2, Funny
      Unfortunately, those sites are also boobytrapped with pop ups

      You mean "boobie-trapped"?

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  7. we need a getexplorer.com .. or something by testing124 · · Score: 4, Funny


    Help fight these horrible new statistics... Install IE today!

    :-)

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  8. You knew *this* post was inevitable... by captainClassLoader · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Netcraft confirms it. IE is dying.

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  9. Re:F*ing developers who build for IE only! by jbrader · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, I wish I could give you +1 pissed off, yet insightful.

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  10. Netcraft Confirms: IE is losing market share... by Puma_Concolor · · Score: 1, Funny

    It is official; Netcraft confirms: IE is losing market share One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered IE community when IDC confirmed that IE market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that IE has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. IE is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [samag.com] in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test. You don't need to be a Kreskin [amdest.com] to predict IE's future. The hand writing is on the wall: IE faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for IE because IE is losing market share. Things are looking very bad for IE. As many of us are already aware, IE continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers. All major surveys show that IE has steadily declined in market share. IE is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If IE is to survive at all it will be among DVR dilettante dabblers. IE continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, IE is dead. Fact: IE is losing market share

  11. Re:.88%? by Peyna · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's see... spread this around on Slashdot, and then in a few weeks servers will succumb to the Slashdot effect 10-15 times faster than normal.

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  12. Re:-1, Redundant for me, please... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Six hours later the response came back: "Sure, that's fine. Greetings from Norway!" suckers! i still have my web space on a uni although i got thrown out 2 years ago.

  13. Re:.88%? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It used to be available. They took it down cause it got too embarrassing. (Like 96% IE users or something like that.)