IE9 Is Going Strong and IE8 Grows Faster than Chrome or Firefox

[JMH]

Although still very early in the development process, Internet Explorer 9 is going strong, having passed the 1 million download mark since Platform Preview 1 was released. This is rather remarkable, especially considering that IE9 even in Platform Preview 2 stage is only the core of IE vNext and not a fully-fledged browser, lacking basic functionality such as an Address Bar and Back and Forward buttons.

IE9 momentum is strong according to Microsoft. However, IE9 is yet to have its say on the browser market. The same is not valid for Internet Explorer 8. According to Net Applications, more users have chosen IE8 over Chrome and Firefox in May 2010. Since April, IE 8’s usage share has grown from 24.66% to 25.15%. Considering only data for Windows, IE8’s market share is over 31%, and growing constantly. At the same time, IE8 enjoys a share of 28.94% across all operating systems.

Source -
IE9 Is Going Strong and IE8 Grows Faster than Chrome or Firefox - IE8 owns over 31% of the browser market on Windows - Softpedia

 

[kucing13]

i wonder why mozilla marketing had a falldown .

Between April and May, Firefox 3.6 grew from 15.33% to 15.69%, while Mozilla’s overall share of the browser market went down from 24.59% in April to 24.35% the past month. During the same period, Chrome jumped from 6.73% to 7.05%, Safari went up from 4.72% to 4.77% and Opera from 2.30% to 2.43%.

 

[Lee]

SSSSSSSSh!, Don't let the EU fined out.

 

[CarlTR6]

You certainly can get rid of it - at least you can get rid of it as an internet browser very easily.

Edited to add: The post I replied to has been deleted.

 

[CarlTR6]

i wonder why mozilla marketing had a falldown .

Speed!

 

[noobvious]

i wonder why mozilla marketing had a falldown .

Speed!

I guess if I had a direct cable connection, I might notice a speed difference, but over wireless, I don't see any difference.....which is why I stay in my FF comfort zone. IE8 is always here on the computer, in case FF crashes.

 

[CarlTR6]

I still use FF and I like it. But the speed issue is definitely surfacing. It is still faster than IE8.

 

[kucing13]

I still use FF and I like it. But the speed issue is definitely surfacing. It is still faster than IE8.

That's what i like to hear

 

[Sanvean]

W3C cross-browser test results:
Internet Explorer 9: Testing Center

 

[kucing13]

W3C cross-browser test results:
Internet Explorer 9: Testing Center

Thanks for the pict Sanvean .But IE9 scores all 100%?

looks fishy to me

 

[windows7user]

looks fishy to me

IE9 scoring 100% an all tests doesn't look fish to me. What does look fishy is how they don't include IE8. I imagine it wouldn't do very good in those tests. It's like they're totally forgetting about IE8 and making IE9 look like that's all that matters.

 

[alkie]

If this test is coming from Microsoft themselves, I smell a distinct aroma of cod and halibut in the air here

I have never liked "Ole Billy's Bloated Browser" so excuse me if I just stick with my flaming furry friend for now:

 

[HammerHead]

IE8

IE9 is hitting the market? Many web sites have failed to achieve compat with IE8 so far. I don't know who is at fault there but it's hard to hit a moving target.

 

[stve]

W3C cross-browser test results:

Microsoft cherry picked those tests if they had used the full range of tests it would have probably come last.
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And as for IE 8 growing fastest its probably just people changing from IE 6 & 7