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11/28/2004: "Internet Explorer Losing Market Share Fast."

Long known for its poor security and many flaws, people are finally dumping Microsoft Internet Explorer at a rapid speed.

According to statistics at W3Schools.com, from Jan - June 04, market share of
browsers has shifted as follows:

- 8.2% up to 12.2% for Mozilla
- 71.3% up to 72% for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0
Mozilla-based browsers market share has increased from 8.2 percent to 12.2
percent since January. Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 presence grew
from 71.3 percent to 72 percent in the same time frame.

CONCLUSION

The Mozilla folks deserve a round of applause for their speedy handling of a potentially serious problem. They have accomplished a tremendous feat. FireFox and Mozilla are great browsers, fun to use, easy to use, solid and safe. I'm glad to say I've been using Mozilla for a long time and now use FireFox.

At the time of this writing, the above figures are changing. Microsoft has lost yet more market share. I notice on my own logs that many more people use Mozilla and FireFox and if things stay at the current pace, IE will be a thing of the past within a year.