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August 15, 2005
Internet Explorer Pulls Ahead of Firefox in Market Share
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| Web monitoring firm NetApplications has published browser usage figures that show Microsoft's Internet Explorer pulling market share from rival Firefox for the first time in many months. Internet Explorer was used by 87.2% of web surfers in July, up from 86.56% for the month of June. Firefox, on the other hand, dropped from a June mark of 8.71% to 8.07% in July. |
We find it interesting that Firefox lost almost 7/10% of its market share in a month after converting to a for-profit corporation, but it may just be coincidence. Firefox also passed another milestone in the fact that it passed 80 million downloads over the weekend. Firefox and Internet Explorer account for over 95% of the market share, with Safari coming in third with 2.1%. Opera and other browsers round up the pack. [Co-published with friend site GeekCoffee] |
Posted by geekblue at August 15, 2005 11:23 AM