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IE Not Faring Well In the EU Ballot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-is-surprised-by-that dept.

unixcrab writes "Most PC users hit the web using Internet Explorer by default, simply because that's what came along with Windows. Now, after antitrust investigations, European users get a choice of browser to install via ballot screen, and initial reports are not good for 'ol IE. According to Statcounter, IE use in France has dropped 2.5 percent since last month's implementation of the ballot, 1.3 percent in Italy, and 1 percent in Britain. It's still early days, and it'll take more than this to chip away from IE's 62 percent lead in the browser war, but it's certainly not a good trend for Microsoft. With that in mind, we're going to have to ask you to place your bets now."

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  1. My money is on Chrome by twoshortplanks · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The summary says:

    Most PC users hit the web using Internet Explorer by default, simply because that's what came along with Windows.

    But the way most people think is

    Most PC users hit google using Internet Explorer by default, simply because that's what came along with Windows.

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    1. Re:My money is on Chrome by sopssa · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Oh come on, when it's about Firefox there is no rush, but when its just the same with Microsoft they are the Satan itself, root of evil and the reason for all the problems in the world. If you're going to defend the other one for not having any rush because you don't know it's not exploited, then do the same for both.

      And how does one know it's not being exploited on small scale? It only hits news when its huge.

  2. why would I care? by js3 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    why would I care which browser is the most popular?

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    1. Re:why would I care? by microbox · · Score: 3, Interesting

      That is spot on what happened at my work place. The boss looked at me like I was mad, to suggest that we try other browsers or get a Mac to test -- since there was no "business case". So we made crap, our customers bought crap, and people use our crap on the internet.

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  3. Probably good for Google. by characterZer0 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    • Internet Explorer 8
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Opera
    • Safari

    Many people have no idea what any of these are.

    • Google Chrome.

    "Oh. I search with Google. This must be what I use."

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  4. Next Step by psbrogna · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now if there could just be a "Pick your OS" pull-down on first boot ...

  5. Re:Not so much. by thijsh · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There a lot of truth in the fact that users just click anything that says 'internet'. When I install Firefox next to Internet Explorer I can explain that Firefox is a great browser and all but they will never use it, but when I rename the shortcut to 'Internet (Firefox)' and hide Internet Explorer it's no big deal suddenly... People just don't give a shit, they just want to click the first Internet icon and have it work for them... :-)