It’s been around only since the end of 2004, but in that short period, Mozilla’s open-source, multiplatform Web browser Firefox has managed to dominate 43.13% percent of all visitors to NewsDemon.com. Used by many as a more secure, dependable and standards-abiding alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (which is still the most used browser by a considerable margin), Firefox seems to be on a continuing upward trend. Despite Microsoft’s global domination, Firefox is a vastly more dominant browser. Between 2008 and 2009, Firefox was responsible for share gains of 5.47%, at the expense of other browsers, especially IE. Firefox's advances in the market against IE have been extremely impressive and at this point it's impossible to tell whether 2009 results are the beginning of an upward trend for the open source market or a one-time anomaly, considering the new release of IE8 (although it has initially gained lack luster reviews), and forthcoming Windows 7. Since Google's entry into the web browser market last September, Chrome's share has increased from to being non-existent to beating out Opera and closely bridging the gap with Safari with a 3.29% share. For sure Google has got the word out big time, but real success and results will come when people actually stick to the browser rather than trying it out for a little while and going back to their usual browser of choice. With the latest release of Safari, which proclaims itself as the fastest browser, as Google once held the title for, many reports have actually demonstrated a dip in usage than an increase. Many speculate this too is because of the Firefox dominance. Below are the 2008 and 2009 comparisons of all the most popular browsers our site visitors use:
Browser
2008
2009
Internet Explorer 56.32% 46.16%
Firefox 37.66% 43.13%
Safari 3.23% 4.55%
Chrome 0.00% 3.29%
Opera 1.91% 2.00%
Mozilla 0.42% 0.50%
SeaMonkey 0.00% 0.11%
Netscape 0.21% 0.08%
Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.02% 0.06%
Camino 0.10% 0.05%
More information about these browsers and other browser related info, including open source browsers, can be found on newsgroups, such as: alive.internet.www.browsers alive.internet.www.browsers.ariadne alive.internet.www.browsers.lynx alive.internet.www.browsers.msie alive.internet.www.browsers.netscape alt.comp.apps.browsers alt.no-advertising.files.warez.win-95.browsers comp.infosystems.www.browsers comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x de.comm.infosystems.www.browsers de.comm.software.browser.internet-explorer de.comm.software.browser.misc de.comm.software.browser.mozilla de.comm.software.mozilla.browser dk.edb.internet.software.browser fido7.ru.web.browsers fj.net.www.browsers freeserve.help.windows.browser han.comp.www.browsers it.comp.software.browser japan.www.browser japan.www.browser.lynx japan.www.browser.mozilla japan.www.browser.msie 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