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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. .88%? by Peyna · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not much, could probably be explained away by pure error.

    Also, the websites they use probably skew the results as well; Disney, Best Buy, Sony, and Liz Claiborne?

    If they want accuracy they should try throwing a few porn sites in, or maybe popular search engines.

    I imagine if you had a more accurate sample that Firefox's share might be a little higher.

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  2. Yes, but what is happening to opera? by cavetroll · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Figures I have seen on w3cshools show a falling usage rate for opera, from 2.3% to 1.9% - almost a 20% drop. If this is a trend is across the entire userbase, then might firefox end up killing opera rather than (as well as?) IE?

  3. Microsoft might be stubborn by DOS-5 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think Firefox will continue to be popular if Microsoft makes new additions to IE mainly because I don't see them removing any of the insecurities (ActiveX) or bloat or integration into the OS that made people switch to Firefox in the first place. Since when was the last time Microsoft removed a so called "useful" and "major" feature despite its obvious downsides?