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After 100M IE7 Downloads, Firefox Still Gaining

Posted by kdawson on from the denting-the-monopoly dept.

Kelson writes "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's market share has continued to grow. InformationWeek reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"

3 of 425 comments (clear)

  1. Re:If you're like me by omeg · · Score: 4, Informative

    True. Or you just want to check to see for yourself whether it really fixes some of those nasty CSS problems. There are plenty of reasons for installing IE7, but none of them imply that you will also be actually using it. Site statistics will have to assess whether IE7 is really being used a lot, not the amount of downloads.

  2. IE7 on Linux: get it while it's hot by adnonsense · · Score: 4, Informative

    At least one of those downloads was by my humble self and now graces my humble Ubuntu desktop, thanks to the excellent IEs 4 Linux package.

    (Disclaimer: I do web dev work and need it for testing purposes. And I feel all dirty and sordid with every time I fire it up).

  3. Re:If you're like me by MMMDI · · Score: 4, Informative

    I run two different sites, both of which are far from being tech-oriented - one is a music site, and the other is a movie review site. The stats on both sites consistently show an increase in FF usage from month to month. I know I don't bring in a fraction of the hits that Google and the other "major" sites do, but if this is any indication...

    Thus far this month, we're looking at the following:
    MMMDI
    1,867,564 hits
    64.1% IE / 29.6% FF / 1.9% Safari (the big three)

    MvMMDI
    186,191 hits (yes, this site is still relatively new and unestablished)
    59.9% IE / 34.5% FF / 2.1% Safari (the big three)