October 2009 browser stats: Firefox finally passes IE6 – Ars Technica. And?
October 2009 browser stats: Firefox finally passes IE6 – Ars Technica.
I understand people don’t like IE 6, it is a pain the rear for coding new CSS features and security-wise it has become a bit of a nightmare. The fact that it is in retreat is a great thing. But it is a huge reach to compare one version of Microsoft’s IE browser that is no longer supported against all Firefox browsers and declare some victory. No single version of Firefox is beating IE6. And the future decreases in IE6 are going to be a result of increasing use of IE8 because of Windows 7, not because of the enlightenment of the Internet masses to the greatness of Firefox.
I use Firefox. I use IE 8. Both are pretty decent browsers and have their own good and bad features. Let’s just not kid ourselves about what these numbers mean and try to extrapolate the inevitable death of Internet Explorer from the World Wide Web anytime soon.
November 3, 2009
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