Firefox 3.0 is officially the most popular web browser in Europe, according to StatCounter's latest statistics.
Although Mozilla's browser lags behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer if you add all of the latter's different versions together, FireFox has finally pipped IE7 as the most used individual browser version – with 35.05 per cent of the market, according to the data.
Firefox, benefiting from the fact that it doesn't have the same problem with 'legacy' users who stay on older versions of the browser and the arrival of IE8 which is prising people away from IE7.
Not much in it
The gap is currently just over half of a percentage point, and StatCounter CEO Aodhen Cullen believes that it will overtake IE's complete range shortly.
"The move is partly explained by a small switch from IE 7.0 usage to IE 8.0 but also by growing market share overall by Firefox 3.0," said Cullen.
"The data shows that Firefox is closing the gap and is now just 10% behind all IE versions in Europe."
Apparently StatCounter analyse four billion pageloads per month, but it should be pointed out that other major website traffic monitoring companies come up with different figures.
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lovlid
March 31st
2. "Apparently StatCounter analyse four billion pageloads per month, but it should be pointed out that other major website traffic monitoring companies come up with different figures."
So have you cherry picked the best one regarding Firefox 3?. Are the other figures Similar or wildly different? Come on, what kind of journalism is this? please, let us know.
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agentcool
March 31st
1. I have to admit briefly flirting with IE8, and although it's a relatively fast browser, found it didn't render some webpages properly. It doesn't matter which new browsers I try, none seem to come close to Firefox 3.
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