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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'"

12 of 521 comments (clear)

  1. But wont.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    IE7 pull this back for them with:

    Better security
    Tab Browsing
    Conformance to standards

    1. Re:But wont.. by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Doesn't really matter ; If they're on, and he'll lose his arms :

      He can still make mousegestures with his nose in Firefox ;)

  2. Re:A "Beta?" by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 3, Funny

    No testing is necessary; they already tested IE 6, and the first release of 7 will only be IE6 with a new skin. It will be 2008 before SP1 comes out, which will include the new features and security fixes for 2005.

  3. Re:Nearly 30% on my site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd bet a lot of those "Firefox" hits will actually be Internet Explorer users, spoofing their user-agent strings, so they can "sneak" into poorly written Gecko-only sites...

  4. Re:A "Beta?" by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny? that wasn't supposed to be funny dammit. I'm trying to burn karma here. Mod parent down you moron!

    * burnin karma all day

  5. Often Wonder by The+Dobber · · Score: 3, Funny

    use of Firefox rose to 6.17% from 5.59% in January

    I always like how they manage to get these results out to the second decimal place.

    I converted, IE evil, FireFox good. I'm warming to ThunderTurd.

  6. Re:Nearly 30% on my site by trboyden · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah well my site gets 100% Firefox users.

    Sub BrowserDetect()

    If Browser != "Firefox";

    RedirectBrowser("www.getfirefox.com");

    End If
    End Sub

  7. Re:I wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I would never want to see Firefox reach the level of dominance that Internet Explorer has reacher. Having a 90% market share leads inexorably to the stalling of innovation.

    Whoa there, slow down now! You must be new here. I think you meant to write, "Microsoft leads inexorably to the stalling of innovation."

    Remember kids, use the Preview button!

    ;)

  8. Re:Nearly 30% on my site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You wrote it in VBScript?!

  9. Re:Is there a way Quick Launch Firefox? by rob_squared · · Score: 2, Funny

    It launches quickly, you just have to wait a minute.

    --
    I don't get it.
  10. FF not that great anyway. by pl1ght · · Score: 1, Funny

    I for one have switched back to IE on my Windows workstations. FF is too incompatible with pron sites. It gives those stupid "accessing a non secure site" errors even when the box to keep showing the error is unchecked. Also I like to leave my browsers up for days at a time. FF barfs on linux and windows after a few days of being left on. You have to close it out and open it back up. Honestly, i get less pop ups with IEsp2 than i do with FF. I got tired of only using FF because i was supposed to. Bottom line is its NOT a better browser. Once IE7 is out, tabbed browsing finally, no reason to even consider FF. I dont care if IE7 isnt compliant with "standards" Which i dont believe are standard int he first place because IE doesnt support them and 90% of ppl use IE. THat is standard in my book.

  11. Re:Nearly 30% on my site by FCon4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just a hunch, but I think he was kidding about the code and using something Earthlings call humor.

    --
    Paul Revere was a tattle-tale.