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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 could have sworn... by MattyCobb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    that I just saw a story saying that IE market share (at least in the US) had actually gone up slightly.

    Oh well, I like this news better so I will belive it :P

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  2. But this article from yesterday contradicts that by cbelle13013 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Firefox Losing Marketshare, Internet Explorer Gaining.

    There the Dutch company said that Safari only accounts for 1.6% of the market, compared to what this article says.

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

  3. Story submission by denebian+devil · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow, I wish I had submitted this story to Slashdot. Then I'd be so cool.

    Oh wait. I did. Yesterday. And got rejected. ... Wow, I love the scientific way in which stories get accepted and rejected on Slashdot.

  4. Re:FF 2 doesn't seem to have fixed the memory leak by CRCulver · · Score: 0, Redundant

    RAM and swap look the same to applications.

  5. Re:Site stats by iluvcapra · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod this interesting (I accidently hit 'redundant'. This AJAXY interface should at least have an undo, if it won't give me a submit button :P)

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  6. Re:I'd like to say ... by heffeque · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wops... just saw I'm not the only one saying that :-) (I'm sooo original...)