October 6, 2010
Internet Explorer Falls Below 50%
The aging dinosaur called Internet Explorer (IE) has finally fallen below 50% for browser usage. This king who just a few years back had more than 80% of the market share has seen its share dwindle due to FireFox and Google Chrome.
StatCounter, which tracks Internet data, said that IE’s share of the browser market fell to 49.9% in September. Although more people still use IE than any other browser.
Google Chrome is currently the fastest growing browser, but it is coming off a low base. FireFox is still #2 in terms of usage.
Those stats do seem to vary depending on what reporting method was used. There was a big discusion on slashdot about what that really means. Seems most people, especially designers, where happy people where finally using modern browsers. I bet the hope is that it will be less work for everyone when we have to stop worrying about all of IE’s quirks.
Comment by chris — October 13, 2010 @ 9:24 pm
For how many years has Microsoft claimed that IE was “part of their operating system” and therefore could not be considered a separate program and MUST be included with all versions of Windows exclusively because it is integrated with Windows?
I guess this means that more and more people will be leaving Windows now huh?
About time.
Comment by Richard — October 30, 2010 @ 12:08 pm
Windows is not that bad as everyone try to describe it. I understand that someone likes Linux cause you can tune it up like you want to see it and OS X because it from Apple. But the best part of Windows is that you can use whatever you want – Firefox, Chrome or even IE. And IE will never be as good as other browsers.
Comment by casinos en línea — November 5, 2010 @ 1:55 am
I prefer linux i use many time…
Comment by Blackjack — December 28, 2010 @ 2:10 pm