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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/11/october-2009-browser-stats-firefox-finally-passes-ie6.ars and the link 14 hours ago |
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woooo hooo!! Firefox finally passes IE6 http://bit.ly/1KkR75 2 days ago |
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October 2009 browser stats: Firefox finally passes IE6 http://tinyurl.com/yfu8my7 4 days ago |
Wednesday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News —
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Firefox Finally Leapfrogs Internet Explorer 6
Maximum PC —
... In the grand scheme of things, October might go down as a month to remember. That's the month Mozilla's Firefox browser was finally able to catch up to, and surpass, Microsoft's still popular Internet Explorer 6. ...
Firefox finally beat Internet Explorer 6
DV Hardware —
... ARS Technica analyzed Net Application's browser usage data for October 2009 and discovered that Firefox has finally beaten the ancient IE6. The over eight years old browser is still used by 23.30 percent of Internet users, while Firefox now stands at 24.07 percent. ...
Firefox beats Internet Explorer 6 in popularity
The Tech Report: News —
... 2:27 PM on November 4, 2009 Web developers rejoice: more people are now browsing the web using Firefox than Internet Explorer 6, according to Net Applications figures quoted by Ars Technica . The data show Firefox commanded 24.1% of the market last month, compared to 23.3% for IE6. (In September, the same two browsers had 23.8% and 24.4% market shares, respectively.) Of course, IE6 is growing long in the tooth even downright senile by modern standards. Microsoft first introduced that browser in August 2001, and it's since released Internet Explorer 7 and 8. However, the Net ...
Firefox surpasses IE6's browser share in October
TechSpot —
October 2009's browser stats are in, and while Microsoft's Internet Explorer still lead the pack, IE6 has finally been surpassed by Firefox . Internet Explorer continued its descent, losing 1.07% browser share (from 65.71% to 64.64%), Firefox's share grew .32%, from 23.75% to 24.07%, Safari's share rose .18% to 4.42%, and Chrome furthered its lead on Opera, with the former gaining .41% (from 3.17% to 3.58%) and the latter declining .02% (from 2.19% to 2.17%). IE6 is still accounted for some 23.3% of total Internet Explorer usage -- more than any other version. IE7 claimed ...
Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer 6
Fudzilla —
... respectively. World-wide browser usage figures still put IE (all versions) at 64.64% and Firefox at 24.07%, but Firefox has finally managed to beat the most used of the lot - IE6, which is definitely a milestone in its own right. (Not really... sub.ed.) October usage statistics figures put Safari and Chrome at about 4% whereas Opera stands at around 2%. It's also interesting to note that only Opera and IE saw decline in popularity in October. You can find detailed statistics here .
Firefox passing Internet Explorer in marketplace
DriverHeaven.net —
... know IE6 is ancient code in todays marketplace it is still the most used version of Internet Explorer - which gives us some indication that the general public really don't update their machines very often, if at all.
IE in total, across all the versions has a marketplace percentage hold of 64.64% and Firefox has 24.07% however IE versions 7 and 8 only hold 18.6% and 20.5% respectively - this is a hell of an achievement for the Firefox browser.
Only Opera and IE saw a decline in usage statistics in October.
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