:: trziste :: IE pada, Firefox raste ...

[Lucky]

The Internet Explorer browser continues to lose market share, while open-source darling Firefox still is attracting users.

IE now commands around 90 percent of the market, according to Web analytics company WebSideStory, which puts the browser's share at 90.3 percent. Firefox now has a 5 percent slice.

Although Firefox's share might seem puny in comparison to IE, its rate of growth has been notable. Estimates put its current download rate at almost 20 million, and its companion e-mail client, Thunderbird, passed the 2 million download mark at the end of its first month of availability.

Grassroots Effort

One of the main factors for Firefox's success has been word-of-mouth recommendations among users and a number of excellent reviews in the media.

In mid-December, the Mozilla Foundation, creator of Firefox, placed a two-page ad in the New York Times that raised the browser's visibility in the mass market.

The ad featured the names of thousands of people worldwide who contributed to the fundraising campaign to support the launch of the browser.

After the ad ran, German and Dutch Firefox supporters followed suit, funding ads in newspapers in those countries.

Continuing Trend

The ongoing popularity of Firefox is not surprising, said Niels Brinkman, co-founder of Dutch market research firm OneStat.com.

The firm also has reported that IE use is steadily falling, and Brinkman told NewsFactor that the decline is expected to continue.

"Firefox has gotten much attention over the past few months, and that has brought success," he said. "As more people use the browser and like it, they'll tell others, and the downloads will continue."

Security Force

It is likely that IE use also is falling because of security concerns. Since it is the most-used browser, IE is a prime target for attackers.

Several vulnerabilities recently have been reported in IE 6.0, which prompted Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - news) to issue patches.

The company also has admonished some security researchers for unfairly characterizing IE as less secure than other browsers. However, calling reports "misleading and inaccurate" probably will not be enough for Microsoft to change public perception.

"People think of Firefox as more secure, and many of them switch to the browser for just that reason," said Brinkman.

[ZerBah]

mda... nije losh firefox, mada je opera josh uvek bolja imho. u svakom sluchaju samo ne ie!

[Guest]

taj rad.. firefox možeš uz pomoć dosta ekstenzija da dovedeš na nivo opere, al opet nije tako fleksibilan..

[iguana]

btw da li cemo novi ie docekati tek sa longhornom ?

[Lucky]

Ali FireFox ipak ima potencijala da se super razvija od strane komune. Daleko od toga da je Opera losha, ali setite se kako je izgledala opera u svojoj prvoj verziji ...

[banman]

Upravo je akcenat na "bakcanju". Ako se uzme koji je prosecan nivo poznavanja korisnika rachunara i chinjenica da je IE vec tu odmah sa winom...star i jak udarac.

[Guest]

igz, koliko znam, novi ie će izaći tek kad i longhorn, do tada će biti samo zakrpe.. ko zna, možda ih tržište natera da ga izbace ranije..

[Wulfgar]

Burazer, danas, poshto mu se po ko zna koji put resetovao komp sam od sebe dok je koristio IE:

"Mogao bih i ja da probam tu Operu..."

Crkni, IE.

[Kole]

hihihi mene uvek fascinira kako se svaki topic gde se pominju browseri kristalizira do priche opera vs firefox + povremeni generalizovani flame na IE =o))

[Lucky]

Ja jos uvek sav veseo koristim IE za odredjene stvari, za neke pak koristim operu, ali ne kod kuce. Ono prosto, uz dovoljno paznje ne mozes bas nesto posebno da zapatis ... jedino me je sa'vatao onaj Blaster svojevremeno, i to je sve.

Sa druge strane, IE ima puno rupa, nedostataka i slicno sto nadoknadjuje Avant koji furam, a Opera ima neke svoje radosti koje su takodje vredne hvale. Ipak, dok IE ne padne na tipa 50% trzista, kao u vreme Netscapea, nece biti nekih fantasticnih "poteza" bilija i drugara.

[Guest]

ali kako mi je gotivan konvertovani wulfgar :))

inače, laki, ne verujem da će bil gejts čekati da mu udeo padne na 50% da bi nešto preduzeo.. verovatno da su se crvena rotaciona svetla u majkrosoftu upalila već kad je pao na 90 :)

[Kole]

"REDUCED PROFFITS ALERT!" =o)))))

[Lucky]

inače, laki, ne verujem da će bil gejts čekati da mu udeo padne na 50% da bi ne

[banman]

"REDUCED PROFFITS ALERT!" =o)))))

Yes kids, its time for monopoly.