[hugh]

According to figures released today by NetMarketshare, Firefox 4.0 has quickly overtaken IE 9.0 in terms of global usage. The firm says that worldwide Firefox 4.0 usage topped Internet Explorer 9.0 on its first day of release and by its third day Firefox usage was more than double that of IE9.

Considering Firefox has far more downloads, this shouldn't surprise but confirms that the published download numbers were probably accurate and a reflection of actual usage.

 

[PrimeBane]

It should probably be noted that IE9 can only be installed on Vista and Windows 7 boxes... if you're running XP or earlier you're stuck with IE 8.

When you consider that 55% of net users are still using XP (as per the link below from netmarketshare)

http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10

There was really no other possible outcome... FF4 was going to destroy IE9 from the moment MS decided not to include it for XP.

IMO, both browsers are pretty terrific so far.

 

[tdti1]

I like Firefox and Chrome, have not used IE for years.