Internet Explorer Use Slips Below 55%

rfc1394 writes with this snippet from an Infoworld report: "Internet Explorer's market share continues to drop like a rock. Net Applications published its numbers for May, and Internet Explorer's total share declined yet again, from 55.11 percent in April to 54.27 percent in May, a drop of [0.84 percent] in one month. Contrast that with Google's Chrome, which rose from 11.94 percent in April to 12.52 percent in May, an increase of [0.58 percent]. In the past year, IE's share of browser usage has dipped from 60.32 percent to 54.27 percent. How long before IE usage drops below 50%?'"

Comments

Re:Excellent!

[dkleinsc]

The most important part of this news, which has been true for a while now, is that no single browser is winning in anything remotely like a permanent way. That means that everybody still has motivation to stick to standards, making the old Embrace-Extend-Extinguish routine more and more difficult.

Remember all those "This site is best viewed in ..." sections of far too many sites back in the day?

Re:related: Microsoft in decline

[man_of_mr_e]

So you're suggesting that people should use software they don't like, and are not comfortable with use, and possibly doesn't even meet their needs.. just because you say so.

Yeah.... Good luck with that.