Most folks who aren't too tech swavy usually use IE but that's not always true. I seem to use Firefox almost all the time but at times will use IE to use my download manger. I've tried to get my parents to use firefox and my dad loved it but once they update the interface he didn't like it any more. He loves IE now because of the book marking, the google toolbar"which was disabled in firefox another reseaon he dislikes it now" and simplicity of the browser. Any ways I believe it is the most used due to the majority of everyday users usually using IE. I never really liked chrome to much due to its interface, it just bothers me to use it. My personal choice is firefox, have been using it for years and I love it.

The only thing I use Chrome for is bookmark syncing and spell check, which will be solved once I can install Live Mesh on the school computers and use Sparkie.

Hi there
I'm not surprised about IE coming back (But don't forget those stats probably include W8 CP which a lot of people are testing as a previous poster pointed out).

Also with people collecting more and more information from the web and downloading into spreadsheets only IE has a sensible Automated Web Query <=====> Excel interface. People often forget that Browsers are used within OTHER applications too.

Firefox itself is now so over bloated and to set decent options you need a Doctorate in Computer Science to use it efficiently.

MS's original idea of incorporating the Browser into the OS itself was originally the correct strategy -- Politicians etc skuppered that one. It's actually the BEST way --security in the browser can then be linked to the OS kernel simply - but what do Politicians know about writing "OS'es". !!

Another misconception about "Fast" and "Slow" browsers -- the main elements are the Internet Connection speed and the Web site itself. Having loads of "Addins" especially if they are dynamically loaded at run time doesn't help either.

When (and if) the cloud gets reasonable established the main OS interface will be the browser in any case.

If 10 million people are trying to access the same site at the same time the "Speed" of your browser will be irrelevant in any case.

As far as other browsers are concerned --- Been there seen it done it !! and have always ditched them in favour of IE.

Only IE9 seemed to be a bit of a "dodgy" one. IE10 on W8 CP Preview (Normal version / Not Metro) runs fine as does IE8 on W7. (They may have fixed IE9 by now in any case - I might try IE9 again --but I tend to use W8 CP a lot now rather than W7 -- not because W7 is no good --it's great --I just want to try out the new system and see how it works (or not) as the case may be. - So far it's fine.

Cheers
jimbo

I'm using IE9 and have done since it was released to market.

Apart from the very occasional "IE9 has encounterd a problem and needs to close" message, I've had no problems at all and get on well with it.