Firefox nearly overtakes Internet Explorer in Germany
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Hamburg - Firefox, the open-source web browser, is close to overtaking the rival Microsoft product, Internet Explorer, in Germany, but Firefox still lags well behind in the rest of the world, according to market data Monday. The disclosure comes just days after Microsoft said it would respond to an EU desire to open up competition among browsers by offering its forthcoming operating system, Windows 7, in the European Union without a browser pre-installed. Fittkau & Maass, a Hamburg market research company, predicted use in Germany of Firefox might overtake that of Internet Explorer some time this year if the trend continues. The Firefox browser, made by Mozilla Foundation, was used for 40 per cent of web viewing, while Internet Explorer versions 7 and 8 had a share of 38 per cent. Internet Explorer 6, a so-called legacy browser which came out in 2001 and is the most advanced browser capable of operating on many older computers, retains 12 per cent of the German market, the data showed. A US survey by Net Application, a market research company, of worldwide usage found that in May Internet Explorer retained a total market share of 66 per cent as against 23 per cent for Firefox. Other browser brands with small shares include Safari, Opera and Chrome.
Copyright DPA
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dominant browser
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guest ,
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:39:36 GMT
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Firefox in Poland is dominant browser and overtook the IE.
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slovenia and poland
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W ,
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:35 GMT
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I think that in Slovenia and Poland the situation is smillar.
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Firefox
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Mr. M Crockett ,
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:27:26 GMT
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"Internet Explorer 6, a so-called legacy browser which came out in 2001 and is the most advanced browser capable of operating on many older computers"
This is simply not true. I am running Windows98, and use Firefox 2.0
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Windows 98 installed base
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Scott ,
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:25:32 GMT
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Windows 98 is the oldest system supported by Internet Explorer 6, and Windows 2000 is the oldest supported by Firefox.
It would be interesting to know what the installed base of Internet connected Windows 98 computers is, so that we could evaluate the relevance of
"Internet Explorer 6... is the most advanced browser capable of operating on many older computers." This statement is debatable. For instance, Opera 5, which runs on Windows 98, offered tabbed browsing, 128-bit encryption, TLS 1.0, SSL 2 and 3, CSS1 and CSS2, XML, HTML 4.01, HTTP 1.1, ECMAScript, JavaScript 1.3, limited new support for DOM/DHTML, and WAP/WML. In addition, it included a newsgroup reader, email client, and instant messaging client. It is likely that later versions of Opera also ran on Windows 98 and certainly had more features. Older versions of Opera for Windows are available at http://arc.opera.com/pub/opera/win/
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Internet Explorer 6
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Sam ,
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:51:09 GMT
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Your text says that IE6 is " the most advanced browser capable of operating on many older computers", which is not true.
IE6 is a broken, non-standard browser, riddled with security flaws; it is in CNETs top 100 Worst Products of All Time.
IE6 was the orignal browser shipped with Windows XP, it still exists because people haven't upgraded (either because their copy of XP is not licensed, or the computer is in a corporate environment); however, Firefox will run on Windows XP without any problems, and is far superior to IE6.
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