Chrome, Firefox gaining on Internet Explorer in battle of the browsers
October 1, 2009
Although Internet Explorer remains the dominant internet browser software in use today, competitors Firefox and Chrome are steadily eroding the Microsoft product's vast market share.
Internet Explorer use, according to online researcher Net Applications, fell by 1.3 percent to 65.7 percent in September alone, while Firefox gained a little less than one percent to get to 23.8 percent. Experts say that Mozilla's release of automatic updates of Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5 helped speed migration to the newest version and boost Firefox's public profile. Additionally, Google's Chrome added roughly a third of a percent to climb to 3.2 percent market share, aided by the release of its Chrome Frame plugin for Internet Explorer.
Apple's Safari, meanwhile, stayed put for the month on 4.2 percent. Safari, primarily used on Macs, responds to market shifts differently than the primarily PC-oriented browsers. Independent browser Opera made its largest monthly gain on record at 0.15 percent.
Internet Explorer has dropped just under nine percent of its market share in the past 12 months. Analysts say that if Mozilla and Google can keep up the pressure, Internet Explorer could slide below the 50 percent mark within the next two years.
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