Firefox gains more market shares than Internet Explorer

Randy · 01-22-2005, 05:14 PM

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A recent research conducted by WebSideStory, a market research firm, depicts Firefox at a continuous growth rate since last year.

The research firm reported that Internet Explorer’s market shares have dropped by 1.5 percent to 90.3 percent, since December to Mid-January time frame. Mozilla’s Firefox gained 0.9 percent market shares to a full five percent. According to WebSideStory, IE’s market shares have been on a continuous decline since June of last year. Since then, Internet Explorer usage has dropped from 95.5 to 90.3, a 5.8 percent drop in almost seven months.

geekerati · 01-22-2005, 08:36 PM

Nice article and website Randy. It seems that it was only a couple of months ago that they were reporting around 14,000,000 downloads total. Have they had nearly 5,000,000 downloads since or am I way off base here? The word is definetly getting out about this fantastic browser!

cvrk3 · 01-22-2005, 08:53 PM

firefox wins!!

intelliot · 01-22-2005, 08:57 PM

But the majority, by far, are still using IE.

Eric · 01-22-2005, 09:01 PM

Which will soon change, say in about 3-5 years.

geekerati · 01-22-2005, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by intelliot

But the majority, by far, are still using IE.

Hello intelliot. You are so right! It took me forever to make the swap. I was so comfortable with my IE browser! I'm so reluctant to change once I like a program, even if it's for the best. If IE adds a few more features it will make it even more difficult to decide in the future. Why want they add tabbed browsing, it is hurting them in my opinion?

dude66 · 01-23-2005, 01:59 AM

I think ie is better to browse but fireworks seems quicker

Anonymous · 01-26-2005, 10:55 AM

How can IE be better to browse? It's so clunky. Always use protection - Firefox.

Seriously though, it is much better in every aspect, from my point of view.

Looks like Netscape will have the last laugh...

Stuff2Do · 01-26-2005, 11:02 AM

the majority use IE because they dont know any different, they use the comp to surf the web, but they dont understand anything, everyones computer i use, i tell them to use firefox, tell them the reasons why, an they want to switch, i uninstall IE and install firefox, i would love it if IE died, but then, they would start finding exploits in firefox, you cant win

Arisna · 01-30-2005, 06:02 PM

With Firefox being open source and all, the good guys will probably find exploits faster than the bad guys. It's the whole "many eyes" thing.

However, since IE is so tied into Windows, and Microsoft is so desperate to keep it that way, IE will not die until Windows does.

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01-22-2005, 08:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
geekerati Google Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Deep in the heart. Posts: 2,443 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Nice article and website Randy. It seems that it was only a couple of months ago that they were reporting around 14,000,000 downloads total. Have they had nearly 5,000,000 downloads since or am I way off base here? The word is definetly getting out about this fantastic browser!

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cvrk3 Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India Posts: 2,399 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	firefox wins!!

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intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,527 Thanks: 15 Thanked 49 Times in 28 Posts	But the majority, by far, are still using IE.

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Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Which will soon change, say in about 3-5 years.

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dude66 Elite Googler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Thursday Posts: 1,844 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I think ie is better to browse but fireworks seems quicker

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Anonymous Senior Googler Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 107 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How can IE be better to browse? It's so clunky. Always use protection - Firefox. Seriously though, it is much better in every aspect, from my point of view. Looks like Netscape will have the last laugh...

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Stuff2Do Elite Googler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,116 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	the majority use IE because they dont know any different, they use the comp to surf the web, but they dont understand anything, everyones computer i use, i tell them to use firefox, tell them the reasons why, an they want to switch, i uninstall IE and install firefox, i would love it if IE died, but then, they would start finding exploits in firefox, you cant win

01-30-2005, 06:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
Arisna Senior Googler Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	With Firefox being open source and all, the good guys will probably find exploits faster than the bad guys. It's the whole "many eyes" thing. However, since IE is so tied into Windows, and Microsoft is so desperate to keep it that way, IE will not die until Windows does.

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