Viable alternatives to Internet Explorer attributed to the decay of IE’s market share…
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.
Latest statistics, from measurement firm Net Applications, show that IE has 59.9% of the market, with Firefox gaining on it, with 24.5%.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10095730.stm
Microsoft’s browser market share continued to fall in April, with Internet Explorer now in use for fewer than three in five Web connections.
IE’s share of the market in April was 59.95, down from 60.65 percent in March, according to Net Applications. Google’s Chrome grabbed the lion’s share of that, increasing to 6.73 percent from 6.13 percent, while Firefox also gained nearly a tenth of a percentage point, to finish April with 24.59 percent.
The decline for IE at the expense of Google and Mozilla is the continuation of several years of market share losses for Microsoft. In May 2008, Microsoft had 75.94 percent of the market, while Firefox had 18.3 percent and Google’s Chrome wasn’t even out yet.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20004031-56.html
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