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Title: Firefox 3 on one in five PCs
Post by: Clive on June 24, 2008, 13:29

Mozilla has gained an increased foothold in the browser market at the expense of Internet Explorer and Safari since the release of Firefox 3.

The open-source browser gained nearly a one per cent increase in the week since its release giving it a 19.17 per cent of the global browser market, according to web analyst Net Applications.

Opera, which released version 9.5 of its browser days before Mozilla released Firefox 3, increased slightly as well.

But Vince Vizzaccaro, of Net Applications, stressed that these figures alone do not reveal a complete picture.

"We do show Firefox going up, but I want to caution that it may be artificially high," he said referring to the eight million plus downloads of Firefox on Download Day.

Internet Explorer is by far the most popular with just under 73 per cent of surfers worldwide using Microsoft's browser. Apple's Safari is the browser of choice for just over 6 per cent of surfers.


www.netapplications.com
www.getfirefox.com

Title: Re: Firefox 3 on one in five PCs
Post by: Simon on June 24, 2008, 13:52

No mention of Avant, Clive?  :)x

Title: Re: Firefox 3 on one in five PCs
Post by: Clive on June 24, 2008, 17:08

I like to lead the crowd not follow it.   ;D Who wants to be a sheep Simon?   :sheep:

Title: Re: Firefox 3 on one in five PCs
Post by: Simon on June 24, 2008, 18:38

I certainly wouldn't want to be one anywhere near you!  ;D  :scoot:

Title: Re: Firefox 3 on one in five PCs
Post by: sam on June 24, 2008, 21:49

.. its on all of my machines (well apart from the ones running debian, we use Iceweasel there.)

Title: Re: Firefox 3 on one in five PCs
Post by: Clive on June 24, 2008, 22:43

Quote from: Simon on June 24, 2008, 18:38

I certainly wouldn't want to be one anywhere near you!  ;D  :scoot:

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