Firefox 3.5 passes IE7 as most popular web browser

[A Guy]

Mathews (RSS feed) Dec 21st 2009 at 9:04AM


We've all been watching the browser share trends for quite some time now, wondering when the day would come that an alternative finally shoved Internet Explorer off its perch.

It's finally happened - at least when we're talking about the most popular single version of a browser. You can see it all in the bar graph above: Firefox 3.5 has dethroned Internet Explorer 7.

Yes, we can all see the other two lengthy bars below IE7. Add them up, and it still means Internet Explorer (6,7, and 8 combined) is more popular overall. Still, for anything to overtake IE anywhere is pretty dang impressive.

We've still got 10 days left in 2009 to see where things wind up, but there's no denying that this has been a good year for Mozilla.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/12/21/firefox-3-5-passes-ie7-as-most-poluar-web-browser/

A Guy

[safeguy]

Amen...

Firefox lives and rocks the world. IE? Let's just give them a few more years to.....

P.S. I don't have to end that sentence...you guys should understand what I'm trying to say

[Polkadot]

It will probably be a short lived crown that Mozilla wears, as part of IE7's losses are derived to IE8 replacing many of the IE7 installations, and with W7 sales booming, IE8 is bound to continue growing.
Still, it must be a wonderful day for the hard working folks at the Firefox labs! Here is a graph showing each ones shares in a weekly theme:

http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-weekly-200827-200951

Good work Mozilla!!

[LunarWolf]

@Hellnoire, Windows 7 don't ship with IE. SO MS share of browser will surely drop?

[YuMeng]

@LunarWolf, that's Polkatdot not hellnoire, Windows 7 don't ship with IE in certain country and not every country.

[A Guy]

Yes, expect IE8 to pass. The sheep...BAAAA. A Guy

[XcoolGuy]

@LunarWolf, that's Polkatdot not hellnoire, Windows 7 don't ship with IE in certain country and not every country.

I think in europe only IE8 don't ship along with Windows 7 as default browser.

[rohitkch]

It's already expected, but what do you think Firefox Vs Chrom???

[safeguy]

@rohitkch

Firefox vs Chrome? Firefox is a wicked all-in-one browser if you know the power of its add-ons...Chrome is a new kid in town...fast, simple but still not as customizable as Firefox.

My choice......isn't it obvious? Firefox!!! But I admit Google Chrome is a new competitor to look out for

[noaccount]

mark my words, 2010 will be google chrome's year...