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Internet Explorer Loses Market Share

May 17, 2005 By Aaron

Business Week is reporting something that saavy internet types have realized for at least the past year. Internet Explorer is losing Market Share. They have slipped to under 90% in the latest figures. That numer is astronomical still, but considering the 6% decline from 95% during June of last year, the impact of browsers such as Firefox and Opera is being noticed. In fact, in a related Slashdot story, Microsoft has noticed and is implementing one of the most popular features not included in IE — Internet Explorer 7 will have tabbed browsing.

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Filed Under: Aaron Brazell Tagged With: browser_wars, internet_explorer, microsoft

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Comments

  1. Vinnie Garcia says:
    May 17, 2005 at 4:45 pm

    I’d be happier if IE5 marketshare was nonexistant (on both the Mac and Windows side). :)

  2. Aaron Brazell says:
    May 17, 2005 at 5:39 pm

    Me too. :)

  3. Vinnie Garcia says:
    May 17, 2005 at 5:45 pm

    I’d be happier if IE5 marketshare was nonexistant (on both the Mac and Windows side). :)

  4. Vinnie Garcia says:
    May 17, 2005 at 5:45 pm

    I’d be happier if IE5 marketshare was nonexistant (on both the Mac and Windows side). :)

  5. Aaron Brazell says:
    May 17, 2005 at 6:39 pm

    Me too. :)

  6. Aaron Brazell says:
    May 17, 2005 at 6:39 pm

    Me too. :)

  7. Marc says:
    May 17, 2005 at 8:05 pm

    Now they just need remove ActiveX support so the masses of non-savvy users don’t get inundated with spyware like they are now. That’s why alternative browsers are so secure in part — they don’t support ActiveX and therefore spyware can’t be easily installed.

  8. Marc says:
    May 17, 2005 at 9:05 pm

    Now they just need remove ActiveX support so the masses of non-savvy users don’t get inundated with spyware like they are now. That’s why alternative browsers are so secure in part — they don’t support ActiveX and therefore spyware can’t be easily installed.

  9. Marc says:
    May 17, 2005 at 9:05 pm

    Now they just need remove ActiveX support so the masses of non-savvy users don’t get inundated with spyware like they are now. That’s why alternative browsers are so secure in part — they don’t support ActiveX and therefore spyware can’t be easily installed.

  10. Matt says:
    May 19, 2005 at 8:03 am

    This is nothing to do with the post, but for some reason, your RSS feeds ain’t working…

  11. Aaron Brazell says:
    May 19, 2005 at 8:21 am

    Wow….thanks, Matt. Serves me right for using a nightly… I’ll see if I can check an update out of SVN…

  12. Matt says:
    May 19, 2005 at 9:03 am

    This is nothing to do with the post, but for some reason, your RSS feeds ain’t working…

  13. Matt says:
    May 19, 2005 at 9:03 am

    This is nothing to do with the post, but for some reason, your RSS feeds ain’t working…

  14. Aaron Brazell says:
    May 19, 2005 at 9:21 am

    Wow….thanks, Matt. Serves me right for using a nightly… I’ll see if I can check an update out of SVN…

  15. Aaron Brazell says:
    May 19, 2005 at 9:21 am

    Wow….thanks, Matt. Serves me right for using a nightly… I’ll see if I can check an update out of SVN…