Internet Explorer Rivals Take Ground
Posted: 13th Jul, 2004 By: MarkJ
New research from WebSideStory hints that Microsoft's once unmovable hold on the website browser market may be weakening. Over the past four weeks an estimated 1% have begun using rival software. It may not seem like much, but that equates to millions:
The warnings appear to have been heeded, with statistics from WebSideStory suggesting that millions of people are switching to alternative browsers.
It said that IE market share fell by one percentage point to just over 94% between June and July. By contrast, the share of alternatives, like the open source Mozilla browser Firefox, rose substantially.
WebSideStory said the combined Mozilla and Netscape market share rose from 3.21% in June to 4.05% in July. According to the Mozilla Foundation, downloads of its Firefox browser have hit 200,000 per day.
Mozilla's Firefox browser isn't immune to security problems; it too had to release a security update for a vulnerability in its software last week.
Still, with many rivals advancing their code far beyond Microsoft's, the only reason for staying with MS would appear to be convenience - it's there from the word go and does the job 'just' well enough. More @ BBC News Online.
The warnings appear to have been heeded, with statistics from WebSideStory suggesting that millions of people are switching to alternative browsers.
It said that IE market share fell by one percentage point to just over 94% between June and July. By contrast, the share of alternatives, like the open source Mozilla browser Firefox, rose substantially.
WebSideStory said the combined Mozilla and Netscape market share rose from 3.21% in June to 4.05% in July. According to the Mozilla Foundation, downloads of its Firefox browser have hit 200,000 per day.
Mozilla's Firefox browser isn't immune to security problems; it too had to release a security update for a vulnerability in its software last week.
Still, with many rivals advancing their code far beyond Microsoft's, the only reason for staying with MS would appear to be convenience - it's there from the word go and does the job 'just' well enough. More @ BBC News Online.
Latest UK ISP News
Cheap BIG ISPs for 100Mbps+
Community Fibre £21.00
Virgin Media £26.00
Shell Energy £26.99
Plusnet £27.99
Zen Internet £28.00 - 35.00
150,000+ Customers | View More ISPs
Cheapest ISPs for 100Mbps+
Modest Availability | View More ISPs
Latest UK ISP News
Cheap BIG ISPs for 100Mbps+
Community Fibre £21.00
Virgin Media £26.00
Shell Energy £26.99
Plusnet £27.99
Zen Internet £28.00 - 35.00
Large Availability | View All
Cheapest ISPs for 100Mbps+
Large Availability | View All
Helpful ISP Guides and Tips
Sponsored Links
The Top 15 Category Tags
- FTTP (5515)
- BT (3514)
- Politics (2537)
- Openreach (2297)
- Business (2262)
- Building Digital UK (2244)
- FTTC (2043)
- Mobile Broadband (1973)
- Statistics (1788)
- 4G (1664)
- Virgin Media (1619)
- Ofcom Regulation (1461)
- Fibre Optic (1395)
- Wireless Internet (1389)
- FTTH (1381)
Sponsored
Copyright © 1999 to Present - ISPreview.co.uk - All Rights Reserved - Terms , Privacy and Cookie Policy , Links , Website Rules