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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'"

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  1. Re:First post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and 90% of the rest of the comments will be with IE.

  2. 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%.

  3. 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

  4. Re:I wonder by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You suck. This thread sucks. Slashdot sucks. Too many low-IQ dumbasses who can't think rationally. It's this kind of thinking that got companies like SCO into trouble in the first place! Go home you insolent bastard.

    The views expressed in this flame do no necessarily reflect the views of the true owner of this slashdot account. Viewer discretion is advised.

  5. 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.