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Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-out-for-the-dew-claw dept.

InformationSage writes "According to Information Week, Firefox usage is now over 6 percent, pulling Internet Explorer usage down below 90 percent. 'Firefox is currently the only browser that is increasing market share on a monthly basis, and it is growing at the direct expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer'"

3 of 521 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nearly 30% on my site by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So with I gather you've only had 15 people visit your site, if Opera is showing 6.9%.

  2. Re:But wont.. by behindspace · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    IE7 has been said that it won't have tabbed browsing. you all know how "secure" IE is, and IE's got it's own "standards of conformance" Having a browser that's DIRECTLY integrated with the OS is a terrible thing. I'd rather juggle chainsaws then go back to IE from firefox

  3. Re:I Would like to think that IE is loosing ... by BasilBrush · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I submitted too early. I was going to say that the absolute percentage market share for I.E. varies from site to site based on topic/readers. However, every single report of a trend that we've had in the last couple of years has shown a steady decline for I.E.

    Incidentally, the OS share stats from W3schools are interesting too. Sorry about the formatting, I can't seem to get tabs to space properly.

    2005 Windows Linux Mac
    March 90.2% 3.2% 3.0%
    February 90.4% 3.2% 2.9%
    January 90.4% 3.2% 2.8%

    2004 Windows Linux Mac
    December 89.9% 3.1% 2.7%
    November 89.7% 3.1% 2.7%
    October 90.3% 3.1% 2.6%
    September 90.2% 3.1% 2.6%
    August 90.3% 3.0% 2.5%
    July 90.5% 3.1% 2.4%
    June 91.1% 2.9% 2.5%
    May 91.1% 2.9% 2.5%
    April 91.1% 2.7% 2.5%
    March 91.3% 2.6% 2.4%
    February 91.6% 2.6% 2.5%
    January 91.5% 2.7% 2.4%

    2003 Windows Linux Mac
    December 92.1% 2.7% 2.3%
    November 93.7% 2.6% 2.2%
    October 93.2% 2.5% 2.1%
    September 92.6% 2.4% 2.0%
    August 93.9% 2.4% 2.0%
    July 93.0% 2.3% 1.9%
    June 92.6% 2.3% 1.8%
    May 92.8% 2.2% 1.8%
    April 93.1% 2.1% 1.8%
    March 93.2% 2.2% 1.8%
    * Note that Windows has had a boost of 0.5% between Dec and Jan 2004. This is because they appear to have stopped recording Win95 as it's slipped down below 0.1%, but they've started recording "Win .NET", which at a guess is beta copies of Longhorn. But Linux and Mac OS continued to grow, so I don't think that represents any real reversal in Windows decline.