Internet Explorer falls below 50 percent global marketshare, Chrome usage triple

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james99

Discussion Starter · Oct 5, 2010

Oh, IE, it pains us to do this to you. You who once so mightily won in the battle against Netscape Navigator now seem to be losing your war against a battalion of upstarts, relatively fresh faces like Firefox and Chrome. According to StatCounter, IE's global usage stats have fallen to 49.87 percent, a fraction of a tick beneath half. Firefox makes up the lion share of the rest, at 31.5 percent, while Chrome usage tripled since last year, up to 11.54 percent. Two years ago IE had two thirds of the global market locked down, and even if Internet Explorer 9 is the best thing since ActiveX, well, we just don't see the tide of this battle turning without MS calling in some serious reinforcements.

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99semaj

· #12 · Oct 8, 2010

IE9 might help stop the hemorraghing, but it's going to take a long time for people to be able trust Microsoft again.

To quote a senior spokesperson for security firm Sophos this week:

"There may be some who would say that Microsoft shouldn't be on the internet until they get their own house in order."

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