Search results matching tag 'Firefox'

IE slips again, Billy Idol looks surprised

2371004 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:10:00 GMT

Another month for Microsoft, and another drop in market share for its Internet Explorer browser; now resting at 68%, it's lowest point in seven consecutive months.

Last year, IE sat blissfully, at 75%, however this preceded the release of Google's Chrome, which combined with the growing popularity of Firefox and Apple's Safari, have repetitively chipped away its unearned dominance.

Prone to attacks and lacking the add-on, open-source muscle of its counterparts, it's a wonder why so many people are still using it.

But again, not everyone really cares about these trivial things.

Nerdom aside, Firefox continues to grow, now at 21%, jumping up three percentage-points in the same seven months that IE lost seven.

However, all it not lost for Microsoft. It's ready to fully release IE8, the new-classic, which is receiving positive reviews.

Some features include InPrivate browsing, which records no web history when asked not to. Google InCognito function provides this with Chrome and Firefox has its Stealth privacy mode.

The browser itself is apparently faster, though likely not as quick as Firefox, but includes a new feature "web slices" a tabbing function that allows quick(er) access Twitter et al.

Also Microsoft has been enjoying some really good buzz about its new version of Window's (Windows 7) after continual bad press about its flawed Vista OS, which regularly aggravates me on my laptop at home.

With two major, major releases on the horizon, Microsoft's inevitable browser market loss doesn't seem like a huge deal.

As a side note, kind of, have you checked out some of these Microsoft SongSmith atrocities yet? The Caribbean-infused Billy Idol 'White Wedding' is swiftly becoming a YouTube classic, not to be missed.

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Chrome is going to be one of those ironies

255762 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:13:00 GMT

Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt has admitted that the decision to launch its Chrome browser is a defensive one in its battle with Microsoft's and Internet Explorer. The irony is that it is likely to be Firefox, like Netscape before it, that will go down in flames.

In an interview with the FT today Schmidt of course said all the stuff about Chrome being a browser that was designed to make the web more secure/stable/faster/stronger et cet, but he also said that "there is a defensive component", which is of course designed to grab market share from Microsoft and Internet Explorer.

Its got a long way to go, but with Google's ever expanding digital presence it will likely fast make in-roads into the browser share of rivals. The latest Nielsen figures show that IE has75% market share followed by Mozilla's Firefox with 12%.

However, the figure for Microsoft is actually higher as AOL has an 8% UK share and its browser is just a version of the IE browser called AOL Explorer.

After that it is a single digit bun fight. The most surprising thing is that people still use that awful BT Yahoo browser, which has a 4% market share. I imagine it is glued to their PCs and if you try to remove it everything falls apart. We've all been there.

After that its Opera which has so little market share its users could probably get together in Starbucks (okay maybe a large'ish one). I remember downloading Opera and enthusing about it for a whole ten minutes. It might have longer, say 20 minutes, before moving on.

See that's what I'm talking about people are so shallow and it seems to me that the first of those people to switch to Chrome will be Firefox users - who tend to be early adopters and geeks. I've had a little play with Chrome like the rest of the herd and as reported everywhere it is fast. Really speedy like a Mini Cooper. Has anyone switched already? I'm guessing it is too early.

The question is when will Chrome really start to come into play? I'm pretty sure, and am betting Google is also, that this will be when its mobile platform takes off (I wanted some line here about Paranoid Android, but couldn't seem to think of one...).

This seems to be borne by Lehman Brothers analyst Douglas Anmuth wrote in a note that he sees Chrome's biggest benefit possibly coming on mobile devices if Google bundles Chrome into Android and gains distribution on other devices.

"We believe the simplicity and open-source nature of Chrome is well-suited to the mobile environment."

And why wouldn't it? Chrome mobile makes so much sense, it is after all the portable desktop that is the desktop of tomorrow...or some such crappola.

He is also predicts that Google will catch Chrome in two years, which could mean there is little future for the Mozilla browser beyond the fringes, which is a shame building up a market it has as a very decent alternative to those who do no want to use Microsoft's IE.

Nielsen Online's Rank Browser UK Unique Audience % Share of Unique Audience

1 Internet Explorer 75%
2 Mozilla 12%
3 AOL Explorer 8%
4 Yahoo! Browser 4%
5 Opera Internet Browser 0.33%
6 MSN Explorer Browser 0.22%
7 Flock 0.04%
8 Avant Browser 0.03%
9 Safari 0.03%
10 SlimBrowser 0.03%

Google Chrome and relevant content...

1726050 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:14:34 GMT

With the introduction of the 'Omnibar' in Google's new browser, and it's ability to display historical web pages based on keywords typed as opposed to just URLs, it would seem that well written and relevant content is more important than ever. And given the proliferation of garbage on the internet I for one welcome that with unbridaled joy.

Does anyone else see other benefits from this new kid on the block?