IE Loses More Market Share

[Win7User512]

Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser market share has dipped to a historic all-time-low in April, at under 60 percent, according the latest NetApplications statistics. Internet Explorer's losses are at the expense of Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome browser which continue to grow more popular.

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[Adamd]

They earned that lower score.

Really other then just habit why use IE8?

It is not the:

1. Most secure
2. Fastest
3. Not that easy to use
4. Many other reasons.

Fact is that Microsoft does not update IE as much as Firefox, Chrome, etc and they always seem to be one step behind the rest.

If Microsoft really cares they will go the same route of the others so they can really compete in the market and keep that market share up. Until then bye bye IE!!

 

[JMH]

Different source - same topic.


Below 60% - In the Browser Wars IE is Losing Ground | Windows 7 News

 

[antharr]

It doesn't come as a surprise. I think they should just start concentrating on the OS and office apps and leave the browser to the other guys.

 

[CarlTR6]

Not surprising at all. I have not used IE as my primary browser since the days of IE 6.

Unfortunately for Microsoft, they took their market share for granted since IE came with Windows. For several years, MS did little development with IE except for security concerns. Then the upstart Firefox came came along and shocked MS out of it lethargy. MS has been playing catchup ever since while the market share continues to erode.

To me, looking at IE 7 and IE 8, IE developers were concentrating on bell and whistles instead of speed and security that the market wants.

Just my opinion as a consumer.

 

[techues]

As a new IE user, I find that they are trying to run off Firefox by making it display worse that IE. I did so prefer to use firefox. I lost the ability to magnify my home page to see it better.

 

[windows7user]

Internet Explorer 9 better be kick a** and come out soon if Microsoft wants to regain the browser market.

 

[pparks1]

Internet Explorer 9 better be kick a** and come out soon if Microsoft wants to regain the browser market.

I'm not sure if it would help that much. I quit using IE back around the IE6 days. While I have had boxes with IE7 and IE8 along the way...I've never really given either the time of day as I just prefer what I am used to...which is firefox. I'm sure there are others like me.

MS dragged their feet doing nothing for far too long. I switched when other browsers had built-in pop up blockers and then tabbed browsing. Just about anything that MS introduces in the browser market was available form others prior.

 

[gladson1976]

Not surprising at all. I have not used IE as my primary browser since the days of IE 6.

Unfortunately for Microsoft, they took their market share for granted since IE came with Windows. For several years, MS did little development with IE except for security concerns. Then the upstart Firefox came came along and shocked MS out of it lethargy. MS has been playing catchup ever since while the market share continues to erode.

To me, looking at IE 7 and IE 8, IE developers were concentrating on bell and whistles instead of speed and security that the market wants.

Just my opinion as a consumer.

Sure enough Carl

Internet Explorer 9 better be kick a** and come out soon if Microsoft wants to regain the browser market.

Actually, I dread the day when IE 9 will be released. Being a web developer, I'm sick and tired of writing the same code twice, one version for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and another version for IE (especially IE7, IE8 sometimes joins in with the other three)

 

[Win7User512]

Actually, I dread the day when IE 9 will be released. Being a web developer, I'm sick and tired of writing the same code twice, one version for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and another version for IE (especially IE7, IE8 sometimes joins in with the other three)

I'm with you on that. Would be nice if they could all agree on how to handle and render the same code.

 

[CarlTR6]

MS was part of the committee that set and adopted the standards - then MS did not adhere to the standards they endorsed.

 

[seekermeister]

For me, the only reason to ever use IE is because that some web designers apparently do not fully understand web standards, and their websites are not compatible with other browsers. Fortunately, this is becoming less and less common, but I still have to resort to IE on occasion, depending on the website and what I'm trying to accomplish.

In the past, this fact has created a perspective that IE was superior to other browsers, when in fact, exactly the opposite was true. Judging by the rate of improvement in IE, it use will continue a gradual decline in popularity. For this to be otherwise, it shall need to make radical changes in how it deals with the internet. If this somehow occurs, and places all browsers on a more level playing field, then consumer choices could then be more subjective.

 

[CarlTR6]

For me, the only reason to ever use IE is because that some web designers apparently do not fully understand web standards, and their websites are not compatible with other browsers. Fortunately, this is becoming less and less common, but I still have to resort to IE on occasion, depending on the website and what I'm trying to accomplish.

Coral IE Tab in FF will solve that problem for you.

 

[seekermeister]

I really don't know what that is, because I rarely use FF. I assume that is something like I use in Opera, in that I have a button on the toolbar to open either IE or FF to the same page I have opened in Opera.

 

[CarlTR6]

I really don't know what that is, because I rarely use FF. I assume that is something like I use in Opera, in that I have a button on the toolbar to open either IE or FF to the same page I have opened in Opera.

It causes FF to open a webpage using the IE rendering engine. Very convenient.

 

[windows7user]

Actually, I dread the day when IE 9 will be released. Being a web developer, I'm sick and tired of writing the same code twice, one version for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and another version for IE (especially IE7, IE8 sometimes joins in with the other three)

If you look at the Platform Preview, it seems it's gonna be more compliant with current standards. If IE9 can deliver everything that's in the Platform Preview, it can be a game changer. IE9's JavaScript engine speed will be on par with Chrome's (faster than FireFox), has support for HTML5 and will able to render graphics on web pages extremely faster since it takes advantage of hardware GPU. That's all assuming Microsoft promises what was shown in the Platform Preview.

 

[DjProDG]

...until IE9 is released...