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08.15.05
Users
Ditch Firefox For IE
 By
John Stith
In the most recent browser usage study, open source advocates cringe in horror
as Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) slaps down Firefox. Adding insult to injury,
Safari also gained ground by nibbling on Firefox's market share.
Do you agree that IE is the obviously superior browser? Talk about it
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NetApplications, a company, that among other things, measures Internet browser
usage released their monthly statement and said IE crunched Firefox to about the
same level there were back in June.
The open source browser lost nearly a full percentage point against the already
dominant IE and the third ranked Safari. Microsoft moved up to 87.2% from 86.56%
and Safari moved up to 2.13%.
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Right now, IE remains the obviously superior browser if no other reason than sheer
usage numbers. According to the report from NetApplications, the number to beat
is 10% of the market share and while Firefox looked like it would succeed, the
new numbers makes one reconsider that notion, particularly with the reassertion
of Microsoft and the ground picked up by Safari.
While there is a lot of speculation about whether this is the beginning of the
end for Firefox or merely a midsummer slow down, the recent declaration of them
moving into the for-profit arena may be moving more directly in the Microsoft's
territory, which they are more than capable of defending.
Also Firefox has some drawback compared to IE too. There are number sites with
ads on their websites that have to "settle down" before you can read them. This
particular item is incredibly annoying. It's not a problem IE has. Also, while
IE does have vulnerabilities, Firefox does get them as well and if the engine
gets more popular in it's usage, they will certainly have their vulnerabilities
exploited heavily.
About the Author:
David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. |
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