Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.
Latest statistics, from measurement firm NetApplications, show that IE has 59.9% of the market, with Firefox gaining on it, with 24.5%.
While third-place Google Chrome’s 6.7% share of the market looks tiny by comparison it is rising sharply, up from just 1.7% this time last year.
Microsoft has gradually been losing market share, largely due to concerns over security, experts said. However, a new version of IE is now imminent and will support HTML 5.
Apple remains a key rival for Microsoft in the browser market and it has seen its Safari browser gain market share but the two rivals are united when it comes to supporting the HTML5 web standards.
Apple sees HTML5 – along with other technologies such as the h.264 standard for video – as a replacement for Flash and has been involved in a high-profile spat with Flash owners Adobe. Apple has even banned the video standard Flash on many of its products.
Source: BBC Tech News
May 4th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
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