Microsoft losing ground in the browser war...

[ReggaeMike]

I type this using Google Chrome incidentally:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10095730.stm

Microsoft's Internet Explorer losing browser share
Page last updated at 11:39 GMT, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 12:39 UK

Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.................click the link for the rest.

[ReggaeMike]

BROWSER MARKET SHARE
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Internet Explorer - 59.9%
Firefox - 24.5%
Chrome - 6.7%
Safari - 4.7%
Opera - 2.3%
Opera Mini - 0.7%
Netscape - 0.46%
Mozilla - 0.16%
Flock - 0.06%
Lunascape - 0.04%
Source: Net Applications..............

Has anyone ever heard of Flock and Lunascape though? I only knew of 7 on that list.

[myYout]

Den browser jus not robust enough fi changing technologies, A membah all kina hacks need fi CSS stylin language fi page presentattion etc. Was pain fi wuk wid, all now it still ah pain. Firefox ah di bes by a mile.

[Gamma]

yuh know PLENTY!!!

[Jawge]

I always thought Firefox was made by Mozilla. Anyway it's because of open source (mac pshing) too why Firefox has gained so much ground.

[Islandman]

Yes Firefox is a product of the Mozilla organizaion. It is a branch from the original browser in the Mozilla software suite.

[Baddaz]

it was inevitable... no company can sustain that marketshare in an enviroment that promotes competition...

my take is explorer will remain the leader, even at 43 %... i've used firefox and chrome and went back to explorer...

[OJ]

depends what you are doing. fire fox dont support activex.. so its limited.

[Baddaz]

exactly... i don't know what explorer don't support... and mi cudden bodda a switch browsers over and over... suh mi juss werk wid what duh everyting mi need...

[Hortical]

I have four browsers installed on my machine. Explorer, Safari, Chrome & Firefox. I ongle use Explorer when mi have no choice with certain webpages and it teks the longest to load. These days mi primarily use Chrome & Firefox.

[Islandman]

Yeah thats my general view too. For what I do with browsers there is that much of a difference in features between them.

BTW I am coming around to your way of thinking on Apple and the way they do business. If those guys were in Microsofts dominant position on the desktop they would be far,far worse than them. Them run the Apps store like a military dictatorship to rhatid, and now them basically declare war on Adobe Flash.

Me kinda stuck with the iphone because I have all my music in iTunes and listen to so many podcasts, but thank god fe Android so at least them will have some competition. I hear that Windows Phone 7 is a good mobile OS too.

[1of1]

and memroy usage poor at times, so it crash

[Don1]

I have four browsers installed on my machine. Explorer, Safari, Chrome & Firefox. I ongle use Explorer when mi have no choice with certain webpages and it teks the longest to load. These days mi primarily use Chrome & Firefox.

yes boss...mi stay said way wid dem 4 browsa plus opera.... sometime certain browser flop... mi jus switch on the fly to di nex candidate...mi nah tek set pon one wagon train

[Tilla]

You are like me, I have those four plus Opera and Flock on my desktop. My preference is for Firefox however because of security issues with IE. If I have problems with a web page, then I may switch to IE for that then back.

I find all those browsers to be very good, so one does not have to stick with IE for everything.

[ReggaeMike]

I always thought Firefox was made by Mozilla. Anyway it's because of open source (mac pshing) too why Firefox has gained so much ground.

It is.

It's probably an error unless Net Applications was using the term "Mozilla" to refer to their other browser product (Mozilla SeaMonkey).