Internet Explorer Gaining over Firefox in my MicrocosmDecember 22nd, 2005 On this website Internet Explorer users have snatched back their majority share. Internet Explorer users comprise 49.08 % of total users.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8: Finally the Time has ComeMarch 19th, 2009 REDMOND - After two beta tests and a soft release, Microsoft Corp is all set to officially launch its latest internet browser Thursday night. The company will launch Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) at 9:30 p.m.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8: The Bugs are Back!March 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Despite some initial glowing reviews, Microsoft has been flooded with complaints about its new Internet Explorer 8 and has seen early users downgrade to the previous version, Information Week has reported.The software giant is hoping that its new browser will help stem a steady flight of surfers to rival products, most notably the open-source Firefox browser. According to the latest figures, Firefox now controls 22 percent of the browser market compared to 67 percent for Internet Explorer, which once enjoyed more than 90 percent of the market.
FireFox browser is a clear winner with technologistsApril 29th, 2005 A picture speaks better then thousand words. As far as technologists are concerned Firefox browser is a clear winner by a wide margin with 49% of the market share.
EU says Microsoft has offered concessions in effort to settle Internet Explorer antitrust caseJuly 24th, 2009 EU: Microsoft is trying to settle web browser caseBRUSSELS — European Union regulators say Microsoft Corp. is making concessions on its web browser to avoid new antitrust fines.
Google and EU Vs Microsoft and IE MonopolyFebruary 28th, 2009 Browser brothers are up against Microsoft monopoly over Internet browsers. Google is the latest to join the fight confirming its participation with EU in the antitrust case against Microsoft regarding Internet Explorer. The case was registered by EU after web browser developer, Opera filed a formal complaint against Microsoft.
Transparent is Gray to Microsoft Internet ExplorerOctober 21st, 2005 I use and test my web applications and blogs primarily on Firefox these days. I do however occassionally look at Internet Explorer.
Hey Europe, here comes Windows 7 without Internet Explorer, officiallyJune 12th, 2009 Microsoft is to strip its Internet Explorer browser from the new version of its Windows 7 operating system that it sells in Europe, the company announced Thursday. Microsoft said the move was designed to meet criticism from European Union (EU) regulators who have launched an investigation into whether bundling the browser with the operating system is in breach of European anti-trust rules.
Microsoft gets more time to reply EU's antitrust chargesApril 17th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Microsoft had been given one more week to answer charges filed by the European Union (EU) that the US software giant abused its dominant market position by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. A spokeswoman of the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, confirmed Thursday that Microsoft now has until April 28 to respond.
EU thinks Microsoft 'pushes' Internet Explorer Unethically with Windows, Gets ResponseApril 29th, 2009 Microsoft responds to EU browser antitrust charges
BRUSSELS — Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday confirmed it has submitted a formal response to European Union charges that tying the Internet Explorer browser to its Windows operating system violates antitrust rules.
How To Run Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 6, 5.5, 5.1 in LinuxMay 6th, 2007 Are you a developer or QA engineer, in an all Linux workplace, always looking for scarce Windows machines to run Microsoft Internet Explorer for testing your product and services? You could also be the manager who is eager to switch to Linux but cannot do so because of strong requirement for testing on Internet Explorer. You are in luck.
Biggest Internet Explorer Problem With JavascriptJuly 26th, 2007 You would be surprised to know that the biggest Internet Explorer issue I am facing while writing rather complex cross-browser javascript code is related to just a comma. In javascript array if you add a comma after the last element in the array then Internet Explorer fails with a variety of undecipherable (Microsoft style) error messages.
EU scales back Microsoft monitoring as compliance improvesMarch 4th, 2009 BRUSSELS - The European Union Wednesday scaled back its monitoring of Microsoft in a case concerning the software giant's publication of key communication codes, saying that the company's good behaviour meant that full-time supervision was no longer needed. The EU's executive, the European Commission, 'considers that the ongoing monitoring that is still necessary can be performed more appropriately with the help of technical consultants' than with a full-time monitor, a statement released in Brussels said.
EU says Microsoft has offered concessions to settle Internet Explorer antitrust actionJuly 24th, 2009 EU: Microsoft trying to settle browser caseBRUSSELS — Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday.
FireFox Rises to 10% Market Share WorldwideNovember 4th, 2005 More than 10% of net users are going online with the Firefox browser according to analysis firm One Stat. In US it has higher shares of 14%.
Microsoft was the sole leading browser (all versions combined) in 2002-2003 with over 85% of market share. The earlier leader Netscape had by then sunk into oblivion. Flash forward 2007 and we can see Microsoft Internet Explorer barely holding on to over 50% market share with its fortunes steadily declining. It is still at 57% (all versions combined) as of October 2007.
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December 8th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
To be credible you really should have put a disclaimer on the article and chart.
From the w3schools page where you say your sourced the info:
December 8th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
My website stats (Google Analytics) show very similar trends. So the stats are not out of place. It shows that IE market is definitely and steadily declining.
BTW: You forgot to include two relevant sentences from the same page:
“Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools’ log-files, over a five year period, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends.”
That is exactly the purpose of this article too.
“The statistics above are extracted from W3Schools’ log-files, but we are also monitoring other sources around the Internet to assure the quality of these figures.”
That should clear the picture, no?