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03 Jan 2009
The latest data on browser market share indicates that Mozilla's Firefox has broken the 20 per cent barrier in worldwide adoption.
Figures collected by Net Applications show that Firefox's November market share was 20.78 per cent.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer fell below 70 per cent for the first time, while Apple's Safari browser was used by over seven per cent and Google's Chrome by fewer than one per cent.
"Reaching 20 per cent worldwide market share is a significant milestone for Firefox and Mozilla," said Mozilla chief executive John Lilly.
"It is a huge achievement by the global Mozilla community that most would have considered impossible just a few years ago.
"The open web is more vibrant than ever, and the thousands of Mozilla contributors around the world have played a major role in making it that way."
Net Applications suggested that Firefox gained market share owing to a number of factors. Since it is used primarily in the home, rather than in corporate environments, the Thanksgiving holiday season will have helped its use.
Higher unemployment may also be helping Firefox, since more people are browsing from home rather than from the office.
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IE problems through Vista
IE frequently closes due to a dll error when running on Vista. The solution is to use Firefox instead. Therefore I find myself using Firefox more frequently by default!
Posted by: Rich 16 Jan 2009
Another reason?
The number of Linux netbooks? Rather oddly the verification code wouldn't display in IE (7 on XP SP3) so I had to use Firefox to post this - is it a VNUNET ploy to boost Firefox figures?
Posted by: Mark 07 Jan 2009
Minefield
I use Minefield as my main web browser, which is the 64-bit version of Mozilla. The only time I use an alternative browser is when I want to view something created in ye olde 32-bit Flash stuff, as Adobe are a bit behind the times and haven't yet created a 64-bit Flash player for Windows yet, and then I use Google Chrome.
Posted by: Darren 04 Jan 2009
Die, witch!
"...Microsoft's Internet explorer falling below 70 per cent for the first time" Before Microsoft tried to monopolize and control the internet through a variety of underhanded tactics, its browser share was 0%.
Posted by: FreefromRedmond 03 Jan 2009
Go Firefox!
I've been using Firefox ever since it debuted... And I use it at home and work - and convert as many people as possible to use it. Glad to see its continuing to gain ground - its a great browser!
Posted by: Eloosidate 02 Jan 2009
not surprising
Although the article states the home usage of Firefox as the factor in these statistics for whatever reason, I'm sure corporate usage is up too. I know my employer has cut costs by not licensing Microsoft products, and instead outfitted our significant computing resources with open source software and alternate OSes. Firefox is the default browser for us, though it is theoretically possible to request IE be installed on your computer...just no one has done that.
Posted by: jen 02 Jan 2009
firefox popularity
Firefox is becoming popular mostly because internet explorer has had a growing bad record for spyware, adware, and trojan vulnerabilities. in addition to anti-adware/spyware software, computer pros advise victims and others to switch to firefox which is the leading browser for better security features and automatic and reliable updates against new vulnerabilities. people who program and develop adware, spyware, and trojans know that new computer users are likely to be less knowledgeable and will have internet explorer which makes them the primary target for penetration.
Posted by: binary logic 02 Jan 2009