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December 04, 2004
Internet Explorer Share Drop
IE Share Drops below 90% in Europe. A classic stealth play. The new Firefox browser is not going to be on the average users desktop anytime soon, but like the AMD Athlon 64, it is encroaching into the influential end user segment.
I've been using Firefox for the last three months and I'm amazed at how many other folks are using it now. The big benefits of more features and speed really seem to have helped.
Now over at Microsoft, it is not a big deal. After all, going from 99% to 90%, doesn't really matter. On the other hand, if an entire segment goes, like power users, then it might be the real share shift is more like regular users are still at 99% IE, but influentials are 80% Firefox now, so the shape of the numbers really does matter.
Posted by rich at December 4, 2004 09:22 PM
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I have been using Firefox for a few months now. It is very easy to use, and seems faster than IE. It was recommended by quite a few university students here in NY. I'm not sure if that portends a trend, as they become decision makers or not, but it is interesting to think about.
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at December 14, 2004 01:45 PM
I'm using FireFox on my Mac because it reads pages more like they appear on a PC... (better than IE, Safari and all of the others).
Posted by: Paul Williams at December 9, 2004 01:47 PM
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