Share of browsers in 2010; Firefox 4 beta 8; Security flaw in Internet Explorer; Avant Browser 2010 Build 128
Share of browsers in 2010
Every first Browser News of the month, we regularly look at the market share of individual browsers. This time, we’re doing a year-long recap to find out who did the best and which web browser lost the most.
Europe according to StatCounter
Although Firefox lost somewhat, it still leapfrogg the leader Internet Explorer at the end of 2009 and found itself in first place with 38.11% (in December 2009 it held 40.8% of the market share).
Internet Explorer finish second after many years of unshakable dominance with 37.52%. In December 2009, it still had 44.84%, which means a drop of 7.32%, thanks to which the browser from Microsoft’s workshop became last year’s biggest flop.
Chrome remain in third place with 14.58%, yet 2010 was extremely successful for the “officially youngest” browser. It almost tripl its share compar to 5.06% in December 2009.
Safari, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, leapfrogg Opera, gaining 4.62% (it had 3.40% in December 2009)
Opera increas only slightly to 4.57% (4.44% in the same period last year), but it was not enough to maintain fourth place.
The World According to NetMarketShare
On a global scale, the ranking of browsers remain the same as at the end of 2009, but even here the boundaries of the imaginary market pie were shifting.
Internet Explorer still holds the lead with 57.08% (62.69% last year). Even on this scale, the browser from Rmond is the fastest losing browser of the year.
It also lost the second Firefox, which uae phone number data at the end of 2010 was us by 22.81% of users (24.61% in December 2009).
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Chrome more than doubl its market share, ending 2010 with 9.98% (December 2009: 4.63%).
Also on a global scale, Safari strengthen, defending the potato mal with 5.89% (December 2009: 4.46%).
Fifth place belongs to the slightly weaker Opera, which was count on 2.23% of computers (in 2009 it was 2.40%).
The Chrome browser perform best in the past year, which grew rapidly both on the European market and on how to save on clothing purchases a global scale. Internet Explorer has seen a significant decline in users, which is mainly due to version 8, which is already noticeably outdat, and which has been on the market for less than two years, which means stagnation in this market segment. We can only guess whether Microsoft will cz lists reverse the unfavorable trend by releasing the ninth generation, which should see the light.