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IE Market Share Drops to Lowest Level in Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bruised-but-not-beaten dept.

Cultural Mosaic writes "Browser market share figures for September were released yesterday, and the numbers showed a big dip for Internet Explorer, as it dropped to just 82.10%, its lowest market share figure in years. Ars Technica notes that 'it's no surprise that Internet Explorer has been losing ground steadily over the past couple of years. There have been no significant innovations in the browser since XP SP2 was released over two years ago, and most of those were security tweaks.' Firefox grew from 10.77% in June to 12.46% while Safari jumped to its highest figure ever, 3.53%. I wonder how the release of Firefox 2.0 and IE 7 later this month will change the game?"

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  1. I'd like to say ... by bastardknight · · Score: 1, Funny

    GOOD!

    1. Re:I'd like to say ... by HeroreV · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is the glass half empty or half full? Some would say it's half empty. Some would say it's half full. People like you would say "It's probably poisoned anyway."

    2. Re:I'd like to say ... by iaminthetrunk · · Score: 2, Funny
      Is the glass half empty or half full? Some would say it's half empty. Some would say it's half full.


      That's ridiculous. The glass is merely twice as large as it needs to be.


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      "The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, preserved their neutrality." -Dante
    3. Re:I'd like to say ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Internet Explorer does have one useful thing, specifically because Microsoft's web site is designed as much as possible to require the use of IE.
      So, folks, remember, the only thing you really need to do with IE is to go to Microsoft's web site and download patches for IE!

  2. Queue up the anecdotes by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Firefox is 73% on my blog..the one about Firefox"

    "92% on my Unbuntu users group blog"

    etc

  3. when IE7 comes out by lagfest · · Score: 5, Funny

    82.10% will think: "ooh, the Internet was upgraded"

    1. Re:when IE7 comes out by vain+gloria · · Score: 2, Funny
      82.10% will think: "ooh, the Internet was upgraded"
      "Dwayne, Dwayne, come quick! I think we're somehow pickin' up that Web 2.0 that Little Johhny talks about!"
  4. Re:Site stats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Female ... check
    Slashdotter ... check
    Alive ... check

    Will you marry me?

  5. Re:But this article from yesterday contradicts tha by bernywork · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm looking forward to Firefox 3.0. I hear it washes your dishes and matches your socks.

    I do believe it's time to stop looking for a girlfriend.

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    Curiosity was framed; ignorance killed the cat. -- Author unknown
  6. Re:I could have sworn... by Gyarados · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kent: Mr Simpson, how do you respond to the charges that petty vandalism such as graffiti is down eighty percent, while heavy sack-beatings are up a shocking nine hundred percent?

    Homer: Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that.

  7. Re:Not These Jokers Again by Nimey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes there is, and Netcraft confirms it!

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    Hail Eris, full of mischief...

    E pluribus sanguinem
  8. Submitter Name by LordHatrus · · Score: 5, Funny

    So wait, we're trusting a guy named "Mosaic" to give us unbiased browser statistics?

  9. In related news... by madsheep · · Score: 2, Funny

    After these results were reported..

    Microsoft's Stock tumbles 50%, panic in Redmond, protests in the street, millions of users alarmed


    Oh wait.. nevermind that's all untrue.

    In related news...

    Who cares? Do I need to see an update everytime someone uses IE, Firefox, or Opera? Maybe we can get this tally added to census.gov!!

  10. Re:macs by The+Amazing+Fish+Boy · · Score: 3, Funny
    I know at my house we have about 5 PCs, and only one is actively used for surfing the internet (and therefore only one has a plausible chance of being counted in this survey).
    Oh, so what web browsers are the other four PCs using?
  11. Re:Site stats by From+A+Far+Away+Land · · Score: 2, Funny

    Interestingly enough, when you post in a thread it does undo your moderations in that thread. So your appeal to undo, was in fact, ironically, redundant.

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    Oh You POS