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IE Dropping, Now Near 70% In Europe

Posted by kdawson on from the ascendent-fox dept.

Kevin Spiritus lets us know that XiTi Monitor, a French Web survey institute, has published its browser barometer for July, and Internet Explorer continues to lose ground. "The ascension of Firefox continues... Nearly 28% average use rate in Europe in the beginning of July 2007, with a progression in the totality of the 32 European countries studied. Firefox doesn't loose ground in any of the countries."

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  1. How is this not a dupe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Putting the same story in the related stories box does not un-dupe this news.

    1. Re:How is this not a dupe? by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, no, the story that was posted earlier this week was about this study. This story is the study. Even though they have the exact same data, they're entirely different: This one has graphs!

    2. Re:How is this not a dupe? by The_DoubleU · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is not a dupe.
      The previous story was about Firefox gaining market share.
      This story is about IE "loosing" ground.

      Completely different.

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    3. Re:How is this not a dupe? by bgfay · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh come on, let's not loose site of the things that defiantly matter here. We can play fast and lose with the little facts so much as we get the big ones write everyday. I wonder if alot of people woulda even noticed the affect of a little mispelling like that.

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    4. Re:How is this not a dupe? by Spacezilla · · Score: 5, Funny

      its a lot not alot stupid

  2. Pound it into our heads why don't ya? by garcia · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah, we know. From that blurb:

    "Mozilla's Firefox web browser has made dramatic gains on Microsoft's Internet Explorer throughout Europe in the past year with a marked upturn in FF use compared to IE over the past four months, according to French web monitoring service XiTiMonitor. A study of nearly 96,000 websites carried out during the week of July 2 to July 8 found that FF had 27.8% market share across Eastern and Western Europe, IE had 66.5%, with other browsers including Safari and Opera making up the remaining 5.7%. In some key European markets FF has already reached parity and is threatening to overtake IE as the market leading browser."

    From the current blurb:

    Kevin Spiritus lets us know that XiTi Monitor, a French Web survey institute, has published its browser barometer for July, and Internet Explorer continues to lose ground. "The ascension of Firefox continues... Nearly 28% average use rate in Europe in the beginning of July 2007, with a progression in the totality of the 32 European countries studied. Firefox doesn't loose ground in any of the countries."

    I realize we have the Firehose now but are people who read Slashdot daily using it properly? We don't need two stories in a short time frame (4 days) about the same topic.

  3. Methodology by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From TFA:

    Methodology: Firefox's use rate corresponds to the totality of Firefox visits during the period in relation to the entirety of visits, all browsers taken together. They don't explain what "visits" means. Does it mean visits to *their* site? Did they poll a random number of site owners? I'm sorry, but unless they can provide some supporting information, then these statistics are meaningless.
  4. Lose vs Loose by athloi · · Score: 4, Informative

    loose ground

    This is a hard one for non-native English speakers, because "lose" is pronounced so bizarrely it sounds like it needs two Os. However, "loose" is how we describe poor security, and "lose" is what happens when I try to play one of these newfangled video games. FYI, FWIW.

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    1. Re:Lose vs Loose by teh_chrizzle · · Score: 4, Funny

      This is a hard one for non-native English speakers, because "lose" is pronounced so bizarrely it sounds like it needs two Os.

      i think "lose" should be spelled with two O's and a Z just like it sounds... like booze.

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  5. Europe by smith6174 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Europe people are smarter and do things better. Deal with it.

  6. Re:Any more data? by Eightyford · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is there any more data on how browser usage breaks down by country worldwide, or by other demographics?


    Yep!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_br owsers
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  7. Re:It doesn't loose any ground? by Aladrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nono, I think they mean to say that Firefox doesn't fight dirty and throw dirt (loose ground) at the opponents.

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  8. Re:Note to editors by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're correct but so are they. IE is only at 66.5%, remember there are other browsers besides IE and Firefox!

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  9. Wow, is Mozilla going to "stay the course"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it seems that Firefox only has a 28% approval rating. Guess who else only has (at most) a 28% approval rating? GWB!!!

    George W Bush = Firefox.

    Stay the course, guys. Victory against Microsoft is just around the corner.