herme3 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 I just read a news article that says Firefox is losing market share, and IE is gaining market share. The article is on ComputerWorld's web site. http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,103914,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Wow! IE lost nearly 20% then managed to claw back more than half a percent, which was almost certainly definitely absolutely not due to a minor summer spike in OEM distributions! Like... WOW! I know, I know - that was really sarcastic. Bite me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Indeed I agree with Sayo it was pobably due to an increase in OEM sales... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 It's amazing that ranked as news-worthy even on Computer World's radar. What are they thinking? (By the way, the June-July spike is usually attributed to "Well you passed all your exams, so here's the compyudah I promised you") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herme3 Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 Wow! IE lost nearly 20% then managed to claw back more than half a percent' date=' which was almost certainly definitely absolutely [i']not[/i] due to a minor summer spike in OEM distributions! Like... WOW! I know, I know - that was really sarcastic. Bite me. The point wasn't that IE gained market share. I think the news behind this is that Firefox's growth may be slowing. If Firefox can only make 10-20% of the market share before slowing in growth, I can't imagine it ever winning the majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 did you read their posts, or did you just stop at the first sentence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herme3 Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 Well, I wanted this thread to be about Firefox. I also wanted my IE thread to be about IE. For some reason, the two threads seemed to be merging together. Therefore, I'm going to stop posting in this thread and just focus on the IE thread. There is no need to start debating IE vs Firefox in two threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 the reason being that with the issue of browsers you have to compare them to make any kind of judgement... The reason for only about 20% and then slowing is probably because that's all the worlds slightly more technical people... When things start happening like organisations chaning (at least one of my uni's comp rooms that I go in regularly has signs up saying "use firefox not IE") there will be another spurt... As those stats don't take into account whether they are peoples home computers or work computers etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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