03 September 2009

Internet Explorer posts largest loss since '08; Firefox, Chrome, Safari gain

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser posted its largest market share loss last month since 2008, Web metrics company Net Applications said on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Google’s Chrome continues to gain on Apple’s Safari, closing within 1.25 percentage points. At its current pace, Chrome will replace Safari as the No. 3 browser in less than a year.

Here’s the breakdown of last month:
  • Internet Explorer: 66.6%
  • Mozilla Firefox: 23.3%
  • Apple Safari: 4.1%
  • Google Chrome: 2.9%
  • Opera: 2.1%

people opting out of using IE because:
  1. It’s too slow to run satisfyingly on a netbook (+1 Firefox, Chrome, Opera)
  2. Slight increase in Macs on the market (+1 Safari)
  3. No Windows 7 at this time to drive default use (-1 IE)

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