IE Not Faring Well In the EU Ballot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday March 22, 2010 @02:12AM 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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Next Step by psbrogna · 2010-03-22 02:25 · Score: 5, Interesting

Now if there could just be a "Pick your OS" pull-down on first boot ...
Re:My money is on Chrome by sopssa · 2010-03-22 04:20 · 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.