According to StatCounter.com, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is losing web browser users.
The web analytics revealed that the amount of Internet Explorer users has fallen to below 50% in the month of September. Although Internet Explorer is still the leader in the web browser market, the combined market of web browsers is now larger than Microsoft’s browser.
At one point in time, Internet Explorer controlled over 90% of the web browsing market (mostly because most Windows computers were preloaded with Internet Explorer as the web browser). However, antitrust suits filed against Microsoft in the United States and European Union forced the company to offer Windows customers a list of web browsing operating systems to choose from.
Additionally, there are more web browsers in market now that are more sophisticated than Internet Explorer and are catching the eyes of many users, such as Apple’s Safari, Google’s Chrome, and Mozilla’s Firefox.
To stay in the game, Microsoft has noted the features it’s rivals offer (but they don’t) and rolled it into their latest version of product, Internet Explorer 9.
According to Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter’s CEO, “Just two years ago IE dominated the worldwide market with 67%.”
Source: Concept News
The web analytics revealed that the amount of Internet Explorer users has fallen to below 50% in the month of September. Although Internet Explorer is still the leader in the web browser market, the combined market of web browsers is now larger than Microsoft’s browser.
At one point in time, Internet Explorer controlled over 90% of the web browsing market (mostly because most Windows computers were preloaded with Internet Explorer as the web browser). However, antitrust suits filed against Microsoft in the United States and European Union forced the company to offer Windows customers a list of web browsing operating systems to choose from.
Additionally, there are more web browsers in market now that are more sophisticated than Internet Explorer and are catching the eyes of many users, such as Apple’s Safari, Google’s Chrome, and Mozilla’s Firefox.
To stay in the game, Microsoft has noted the features it’s rivals offer (but they don’t) and rolled it into their latest version of product, Internet Explorer 9.
According to Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter’s CEO, “Just two years ago IE dominated the worldwide market with 67%.”
Source: Concept News
