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Firefox Momentum Slows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-firefox dept.

linumax wrote to mention an Information Week story about an apparent slowing of Firefox's usage growth. From the article: "San Diego-based WebSideStory released market share numbers for Firefox, IE, and other browsers that noted Firefox has crept up from April's 6.75 percent to September's 7.86 percent, a single percentage point gain in five months. During the first few months after its November, 2004, release, Firefox was adding another point each month. 'It looks like Firefox has hit the push-back point,' said Geoff Johnston, an analyst with WebSideStory. 'We always knew there was a finite number of early adopters out there and a finite number of Microsoft haters who would switch to something new, but we didn't know what that number was. It looks like we're approaching it.'"

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  1. no surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I almost had a convert with my roommate. He said "Oh, I should install this." But I think he abandoned that idea after using my computer for an hour.

    He visited some site about drugs for his paramedic classes and some wierd menu system didn't work. He visited his car manufacturer's website which used flash. The automatic flash plugin install ended up hanging firefox.

  2. time.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Firefox will reign, is a matter of time.

    eslashdot.org

  3. Maybe this new IE flaw will help... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    CNET reports that a new flaw in Internet Explorer could be exploited to launch spoof-based attacks, or access and change data on vulnerable PCs, security experts have warned.

    The vulnerability could be exploited with specially crafted code. An attacker could spoof a legitimate Web site, access data from the Web browser's cache or stage a so-called man-in-the-middle attack, which taps into traffic between a user and another Web site, according to Klein's write-up.

    Fully-patched computers running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Internet Explorer 6.0 are vulnerable to this issue, security monitoring company Secunia said in an advisory.

    Somehow, this story never made it to the front page.

  4. mod u4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Volume of NetBSd are almost Long term s0rvival outstrips

  5. Opera by ToyKeeper · · Score: 1, Troll

    Duh. Opera goes free (as in beer), firefox adoption takes a dive. Opera got several million downloads in the days after its free release...

    Given the problems Firefox has with stability, speed, and memory use, I bet a lot of users switched. Opera doesn't have as many features, but it's much better at the basics.

    Meanwhile, the average IE user probably still doesn't know there are other browsers...