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Internet Explorer Loses Ground to Chrome, Firefox and Safari

by Caleb Johnson on May 4, 2010 at 03:40 PM

Internet Explorer Losing Ground Each month, the news gets worse for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The BBC reports that the latest numbers from several measurement firms show the Web browser continuing to lose market share to competitors like Mozilla, Apple and Google.

Depending on who you ask, as of April, the various versions of Internet Explorer comprises anywhere from 51.42-percent (according to StatCounter) to 70-percent (says Nielsen) of the browser market. According to Conceivably Tech, that's the lowest mark for Microsoft since the release of Internet Explorer 4 back in 1999. Of course, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera are gaining traction with users. According to data from Net Applications, Chrome beat out Safari with double-digit growth rate since its release, and now accounts for 6.73-percent of the market. Google's browser still trails Firefox, which makes up about 24.59-percent of the market.

What's the cause for the continual drop? It could be the string of recent security flaws in Microsoft's browser, or it could be the regular upgrades offered by other browsers like Firefox. Either way, Microsoft better hope IE 9 is all that it's cracked up to be, [From: BBC News and Conceivably Tech]

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