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Firefox’s share of the web browser market slipped a bit in\n July, while Internet Explorer gained by an equal amount, a website analysis
\n firm said Friday.<\/p>\n
Market share for the Mozilla Foundation’s open-source browser dipped to
\n 8.07 percent in July from a high of 8.71 percent in June, according to
\n NetApplications, which gathered the data from the 40,000 websites it monitors.<\/p>\n
Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer, on the other hand, increased its market
\n share to 87.2 percent from 86.56 percent, the Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based,
\n company, said. The Mac browser Safari showed modest growth to 2.13 percent,
\n while most other browsers experienced little change.<\/p>\n
from Internet Week<\/a><\/p>\n Count the Dowbrigade among those who have abandoned Firefox after a The main reason we went back to Safari was Apple’s quick and elegant It still seems incredible to us that such a predominant percentage Firefox’s share of the web browser market slipped a bit in July, while Internet Explorer gained by an equal amount, a website analysis firm said Friday. Market share for the Mozilla Foundation’s open-source browser dipped to 8.07 percent in July … Continue reading
\n brief fling, and gone back to Safari, like a wayward husband returning
\n home after
\n a passionate but ultimately unfulfilling dalliance with a fast and attractive
\n younger model (in our dreams).<\/em><\/p>\n
\n implementation of RSS aggregation directly in its browser. More than
\n dropping Firefox,
\n we feel bad about no longer firing up BlogBridge<\/a>,
\n an excellent Java-based
\n aggregator<\/a>. However, although it is not as powerful or functional
\n as a dedicated aggregator, the convenience of having one-click access to
\n our
\n most frequently consulted RSS collections from within the browser environment
\n won us back to Safari. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n of surfers use IE, which is waaaay down on our list of preferred browsers. As
\n a part-time site designer, we have to take it into account, and view
\n our product in it to check for the inevitable cross-application idiosyncrasies,
\n but these occasional exposures only convince us how tasteless and short-sighted
\n most users must be. May the Browser Wars continue….<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"