Firefox has topped 10% in the latest browser market share report from Net Applications.
A year-and-a-half ago -- with Firefox at 6% -- I wrote a column entitled "Tugging at IE's pant leg," which started: "Bill Gates will hold a yard sale to help make ends meet before his company's Internet Explorer is displaced as the world's dominant Web browser."
Don't be looking for that yard sale any time soon.
But at what point -- what percentage share -- does Firefox transition from ankle-biter to leg-breaker? In other words, what is the magic number for Firefox to graduate from nuisance/media darling to a genuine threat to Microsoft's dominance of the browser market?
I'm saying 20%. … Anyone want to offer a different number?
The Leader in Network Knowledge
As Firefox is the superior
As Firefox is the superior browser, Microsoft is struggling with how to compete with this.
I agree that once Firefox has a 20% market share, Microsoft may need to bow out to its superiority and begin providing Firefox with Windows Operating Systems.
Then will the Mozilla company finally be more publically recognized for its great achievements and the split from Microsoft will be complete.
But as long as Bill Gates is around that will never happen.
<p>I only hope that Scott
I only hope that Scott C. hasn't run afoul of some angry folks from the former set of:
Mannequin: On the Move (1991)
aka "Mannequin 2: On the Move" - USA (promotional title)
It's already there, Paul
The question is not the number but who comprises that 10%. I'll bet those folks are a lot more demographically desirable than the average IE user, who probably doesn't care what browser he uses. http://www.gillin.com/2006/04/firefox-hits-10-share-real-influence.html
Incidentally, Firefox crashed while I was creating this post. It's become an annoyingly common experience since the so-called "stable" version of 1.5 was released.
Fair point, but ...
Yes, the 10% represents the cream and includes a swath of the influential IT crowd, but when does that crowd get to foist its browser of choice on the masses of workers whose desktops they control? ... Isn't that the point at which knees buckle in Redmond?
opera
try opera browser. you won't regret.
Opera sucks, you have to
Opera sucks, you have to look at advertisements to use it.
Perhaps a bit of research is
Perhaps a bit of research is in order? Opera has been ad free for quite awhile now. Yes, even the free version. FF is a great browser. I use it everyday. But let's not shout out before we know what we're talking about, m'kay?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/...goes_ad-free/
http://www.opera.com/free/
i dont know what your doing
i dont know what your doing with fire fox but ive been useing it as my browser of choice for 8 months now and nevr a problem and with the ie addon its just great im not a firefox junkie but quite simply it works and it autoupdates basicly i dun have to think about it getting patches etc etc firefox is my choice if a better browser come along ill change to that
Firefox Myths
The 10% are the sheep who fall for all the propaganda that spreadfirefox pushes. Get the facts:
www.FirefoxMyths.com
Funny all these supposed "tech savvy" people don't even know Opera is faster and more secure. It makes you wonder who is really "tech savvy".
Re: Firefox Myths
Thats funny every time i try Opera it just barfs out big time .
And yes Firefox barfs out as well on Linux or WindBloZe you want decent browser try Seamonkey beats the heck out of Firefox even if it does come from the same stable
Pete .