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Microsoft's Internet Explorer losing browser share
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| 5/4/10
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Posted on 05/04/2010 1:38:10 PM PDT by Nachum
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%.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: explorer; internet; losing; microsofts
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:38:10 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:38:51 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Nachum
Firefox rules!...........
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:39:11 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you'll know that its desolation is NEAR. Luke 21)
To: Red Badger
I use Firefox 95% of the time and Chrome for Gmail and FaceBook. Never use IE at home, too dangerous.
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:41:19 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
To: Red Badger
Yes! Hip Hip Hooray!!!!!
Now Microsoft needs to lose Operating System share also. Should have been found as what it was, a monopoly. Then busted into a minimum of 8 separate companies, a dozen or more would have been better, and barred from ever regrouping at a later date (like the Baby Bells buying each other out).
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:41:54 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Nachum
Only time I use it is for updates on my OS.
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:42:09 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: Nachum
6 was the last good version....back when it supported actual full screen browsing. Now none of the mainstream browsers do
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:43:43 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(The Quran and Mein Kampf: if you've read one you've read them both.)
To: Nachum
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:44:05 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:45:24 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Obamunism: You have two cows. The regime redistributes them and shoots you dead)
To: Psycho_Bunny
“Now none of the mainstream browsers do’
ummmm... I’m using Firefox FULL SCREEN....
F11
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:45:57 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: bigbob
Can someone explain to me how Microsoft makes any money from Internet Explorer, assuming that you use google or yahoo for search?
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:46:11 PM PDT
by
AlanD
To: AlanD
"Can someone explain to me how Microsoft makes any money from Internet Explorer, assuming that you use google or yahoo for search?" They make money by selling their developer's tools to developers. Most websites are still optimized for IE, not necessarily FF.
To: AlanD
By owning the default browser of the world then their dev tools (.Net, asp, Starlight) become the default dev tools, and they sell those for a pretty penny.
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:49:35 PM PDT
by
discostu
(wanted: brick, must be thick and well kept)
To: Bigh4u2
Thank you for that F11!!!
If you use firefox, hit F11 if you haven’t figured out what it does yet. (Like me a minute ago-lol)
Any other firefox tips I might have missed???
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:50:23 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: discostu
Not to mention that practically nothing works in Windows with Internet Explorer being installed.
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:51:19 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Nachum
I use firefox at home, specifically to use grease monkey. Chrome isn't bad either. Only IE is on the computer at work.
To: Bigh4u2
To: icwhatudo
You’re welcome.
Well you can pretty much turn on or off any plug-ins you have or even uninstall some things you don’t want.
Like the annoying ‘search bars’ that a lot of programs like to install. (yahoo is one)
Just look under ‘tools -options’.
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:53:35 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: dangerdoc
Yep.
Pretty much all browsers have that option.
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:53:59 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Nachum
To their credit, Microsoft finally hired a middle-schooler to fix the hundreds of CSS problems with Explorer. It works pretty darn well now. They waited many years too long, though, and are paying the price.
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:54:27 PM PDT
by
noblejones
(Obama rules!)
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