Internet Explorer Market Share at 10-Yr Low Point

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I use firefox and chrome for most things. Firefox has some great addons that make organized, quick browsing a breeze. Chrome feels super fast, but also very bare. I rarely use Safari. I'd say it's safe to say 90% of Safari users are also Mac Users.
 
I still use Internet Explorer just because I lack any real reason to change. I won't stick up for it because yes it is slower and yes it is probably the biggest of targets for malware. Of course Microsoft is still falling behind in the development aspect and although IE 9 looks promising its not even close to being released which it really should be by now. Their are obviously plenty of browsers to choose from so almost anyone should find one they like.
 
IE 8's problems are just another case of Microsoft not listening to its customers. Anyone remember vista? AKA Windows ME Jr. or Windows Millennium 2.0?
 
This is very good news. Its good to see people using much better web browsers out there like Firefox and Chrome. Internet Explorer is a terrible browser. Beyond the security issues, which it has gotten better, is the fact that it renders websites wrong, and the most glaring issue is that it's a dog when it comes to speed. It is by far the slowest browser on the market today.
 

So it can render pages incorrectly even faster!
 
Honestly... a browser is just that. There's no real big difference between using IE, Firefox or whatever else. Sure, you like certain interface better, but most people don't care. They only care that they can check their email, their facebook and their craigslist. As long as it works, they coudln't care less, including me.
 
I've taken the time to get to know opera and I'm loving it now. Chrome was to minimalist for me, ie seems buggy (especially on toms) and ff was slow. But whatever browser you use, it doesn't hurt to try new ones, you might be pleasantly surprised as I was 🙂
 
firefox was my choice form 0.9b version, only gets better with time
comparing ff with ie is like comparing soviet era cars with amg
 
CHROME!!!

Chrome will come out on top
Google vs Microsoft

and Chrome now has extensions just like Firefox

Chrome has seen much faster growth initially than any other alternative browser ever has

Chrome 3 benchmarks faster than any other browser in almost every test
 
[citation][nom]JohnnyLucky[/nom]No matter which OS or which browser, the cable network in my neighborhood still slows net access.[/citation]

that's EXACTLY what I was trying to say. ppl are looking at benchmarks of a couple of milliseconds at best... on tests where they load pages on an intranet!!
 
Yeah..wasn't microsoft boasting about a month or so ago that they had an all time high market share of the browser market? I cried bullshit then, now I know it was inflated due to the forced windows update.
 
[citation][nom]mouettus[/nom]that's EXACTLY what I was trying to say. ppl are looking at benchmarks of a couple of milliseconds at best... on tests where they load pages on an intranet!![/citation]

Uh, the difference is more like 1 second vs 5 seconds, not in milliseconds. Sure it can take a couple of seconds for you to get the page data, but after that its all browser performance. If your connection takes long enough for you to not notice the difference, you should probably get a better ISP.
 
[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]Uh, the difference is more like 1 second vs 5 seconds, not in milliseconds. Sure it can take a couple of seconds for you to get the page data, but after that its all browser performance. If your connection takes long enough for you to not notice the difference, you should probably get a better ISP.[/citation]

7mbit is plenty fast for me thank you

I've tried them all. Yes I can see a difference in how they load the web page... but the differences are small!!
 
Internet Explorer 9 Preview really impressed me. Though it's almost bare, it's amazing fast.

I feel that Microsoft will benefit from rebranding Internet Explorer 9 to something else. That name has too much baggage associated with it.
 
[citation][nom]mouettus[/nom]7mbit is plenty fast for me thank youI've tried them all. Yes I can see a difference in how they load the web page... but the differences are small!![/citation]

I just tested a few random sites, loading them in IE8 and Chrome4.1. I load the URL into both browsers, then hit enter (to load the page) on both, starting with IE, then quickly clicking over to Chrome and doing the same. Even with the headstart, Chome always finishes loading noticably sooner than IE.
 
"due to the growing acceptance of Windows 7."

I have no problem accepting Windows 7. Someday I certainly will. I take exception to a web browser in which it's main executable is so embedded into the OS. We're in a day and age when browser can be compromised and IE has been the biggest target due to Law of Averages. That said it's nice to be able to sack the browser and re-install it. Try that with IE.

I'm not on the old bandwagon of Antitrust from when Bill decided to ship the browser with windows; His OS, his right. I just want to be able to gut the browser when it becomes such an obvious portal of attack.
 
That's both good and bad,
good, because I never liked IE.
Only with the upcoming of FF did MS realize that not all people have a 12-core system with 6TB of RAM, and thus not all people want a bloated system.
It's their fault for not listening to the users feedback!

Bad, because now more malware hackers are going to focus on FF or other browsers.
 
[citation][nom]znegval[/nom]Hopefully, but I doubt all those 60% who use Internet Explorer do so because they evaluated each option and chosed to use it. You can say that about the other ones because it implies that they know there's life outside of Internet Explorer (which let's face it, many people just don't know).It's been very interesting to see Internet Explorer development as soon as some serious competition showed up. They actually started to add new features instead of relying 100% on the Windows dominance. A small reminder of what monopoly can do to a product, and how competition can bring it back to life.[/citation]

I use IE8 on my netbook and laptop out of familiarity. I use IE all day at work, and the customers of my small business mostly use IE as well so it's the one I use the most in general.

Also, the last time I used Firefox it had horrible memory leaks causing the program to use 300+ MB of RAM after being used for an hour or two, even after closing excess tabs. That and the fact that I don't *need* to follow the crowd and "OMG IE sux lol!" causes me to just plain not want to use Firefox. It doesn't do much different than IE, and the only benefit I could find myself getting out of the use of Firefox would be the AdBlocker Plus and other add-ons. With that being said, I've used computers half my life so I'm used to just ignoring ads.

Bottom line: I have no reason to use Firefox.
 
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