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IE-10 (W8CP) is NOT included in the stats. Here is the link the article is getting its information.
Browser market share
Jim
The main time I have problems with IE9 is when it will crash. It did thast multiple times then Windows Explorer crashed, so I reformatted. I must likely screwed something up
Still sticking with my beloved Opera.I do have Chrome as well but only use it for a facebook game. I just don't care for IE's UI. Its "here" but only for updates and my V.A. .
I switched to Firefox from IE 3 or 4 years ago, but it wouldn't take much for me to go back to IE.
I don't like Firefox's reliance on add-ons and extensions, nor the ridiculous upgrade schedule they have come up with in the last year or so. I wouldn't be surprised if they never recover market share.
Chrome is on my list of not-to-do, mainly because I resent the way that Google tries to insinuate itself into all aspects of my online life--more intrusive than Microsoft by far.
I was an ardant fan of firefox and used it almost exclusively for years. Never was able to really get along with Google Chrome in the past.
However, when I discovered the Google Sync feature of Chrome that will synchronize my bookmarks, my apps, my extensions, settings, themes and auto-fills, I switched completely to Google Chrome and haven't looked back. It's great having the same bookmark bar, and shortcuts on all of the machines that I commonly use.
I'm also a Linux and Windows user both. With Google Chrome, when I install the browser on my Linux machines and enable sync, it just completely sets itself up for me, including downloading and installing my Ad Block Plus extension.
I use IE 9/10 everyday. I used to be a firefox user, and a safari user and a chrome user. IE is lots better compared to the rest. It's not being auto updated every three months or weeks or constantly changing UI elements.
But IE 9 is the exception to UI changes...
As far as constant updates go, IE is updated regularly with Windows Updates...it's just not considered a version change like some of the other browsers. With the quick evolution of the web and security issues and such, I personally want my browsers to update often to stay as safe as possible.
I would agree that I don't want constant UI changes. While Google Chrome updates a lot, I don't see UI changes...so you must be talking more of Firefox...which I haven't used in a while now.
I haven't seen any UI interface changes for firefox for a good time now and all the updates have done is fill up some security holes with patches. Been with the interface for around 5-6months now hasn't changed yet.
Same with Chrome. It's mostly security updates. I first started using Chrome when IE9 beta came out and it hosed my system and have never changed since. I also use FF occasionally but only for the Downloadhelper extension and IE9 as a last resort if the IE8 extension in Chrome fails.