Firefox passes IE on AVC!

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Firefox passes IE on AVC!

I've posted on this a couple times before.

In November of 2004, 57% of my readers used IE and 28% used Firefox.

In January of 2005, 63% of my readers used IE and 26% used Firefox.

Now, only 38% of my readers use IE and 42% used Firefox. Firefox has passed IE as the leading browser on my blog. I am sure IE is still safely ahead on the Internet at large, but not in my world.

Here is the chart:

The other big gainer is Safari. It's gone from 5% in November 2004 to 12% today.

I know that there are emerging security issues with Firefox that must please Microsoft at some level, but Firefox is a juggernaut that is really taking share from IE and that is a big deal.

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» Firefox qui dépasse IE? from Michael Carpentier
Il est plutôt surprenant (et agréable) de voir que sur une site s'adressant à un public plutôt conservateur, soit les spécialistes en capital de risque, FireFox dépasse très largement Internet Explorer. Même Safari fait bonne figure, avec 12%! ... [Read More]

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» Firefox qui dépasse IE? from Michael Carpentier
Il est plutôt surprenant (et agréable) de voir que sur une site s'adressant à un public plutôt conservateur, soit les spécialistes en capital de risque, le navigateur FireFox dépasse très largement Internet Explorer. Même Safari fait bonne figu... [Read More]

Tracked on May 11, 2005 5:43:44 PM

» Firefox qui dépasse IE? from Michael Carpentier
Il est plutôt surprenant (et agréable) de voir que sur une site s'adressant à un public plutôt conservateur, soit les spécialistes en capital de risque, le navigateur FireFox dépasse très l... [Read More]

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Posted May 11, 2005 in Venture Capital and Technology

Comments

I think that stat has something to do with the relative technical literacy of bloggers - I have read elsewhere (can't remember, sorry) that Firefox use is highest among computer-savvy people, which matches blog use/writing ... and yes I AM using Firefox - it has been my default browser for over a year now.

Posted by: Ric | May 12, 2005 10:43:56 AM

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