Firefox Continues Gains against IE

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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It's WEBSideStory , not WestSideStory

[EnronHaliburton2004]

according to a new study by WestSideStory.

It's WEBSideStory , not WestSideStory

I feel pretty, oh so pretty...

Re:It's WEBSideStory , not WestSideStory

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

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.

hah

[2MuchC0ffeeMan]

granted you see this in every article...

A Microsoft spokesman did not immediately comment for this story

but i love that.

Internet Explorer technologies for UNIX

[anandpur]

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

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

Yeh but....

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Liz Claiborne?

[khef]

Since when is Liz Claiborne a major site?

At the risk of revealing a proclivity ...

[reporter]

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.

Re:At the risk of revealing a proclivity ...

[Thing 1]

Unfortunately, those sites are also boobytrapped with pop ups

You mean "boobie-trapped"?

we need a getexplorer.com .. or something

[testing124]

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

:-)

You knew *this* post was inevitable...

[captainClassLoader]

...Netcraft confirms it. IE is dying.

Re:F*ing developers who build for IE only!

[jbrader]

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

Re:.88%?

[Peyna]

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.