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IE9 May Not Be Enough To Save IE
An anonymous reader writes "The October market share numbers are in and Net Applications' numbers show a surprising drop in IE8 market share — the first time since the browser was introduced. Strangely, IE9 has not gained much and IE7 as well as IE6 are losing as well. The only two browsers gaining are Chrome and Safari — and both browsers have hit new record market shares. The frenzy around IE8 may have subsided already, and Microsoft is under tremendous pressure to roll out IE9 soon. StatCounter's numbers indicate that Firefox is close to surpassing IE in Europe."
Frankly I fear that Mozilla's stand on H.264 will help IE a lot. I mean why download Firefox if it will not play a large amount of video on the web. If IE9 doesn't suck you will see a lot of people stick with it instead of Firefox.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
Sharks go into a feeding frenzy when things are being ripped up.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Looks like MS learned from Google on that point.
We need IE dammit.
How else I'm I supposed to download Firefox on a fresh install?
Really, I know what I'm doing...Ohhhh, look at the shiny buttons!
You were sending mixed signals. Your button-clicking said "no," but your lack of mashing the keyboard in frustration said "yes."