[ Ubuntu-BD ] Firefox 3 Boosts Market Share to New High, Firefox grabbed 19%

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http://www.pcworld.com/article/147978/firefox_3_boosts_market_share_to_new_high.html

Mozilla used the launch of Firefox 3.0 last month to boost its browser 
market share to over 19%, a Net measurement company said last week.

Most of Firefox's overall gains appeared to come from rival Microsoft 
Corp., Internet Explorer (IE), according to data from Net Applications 
Inc., although the newest version's growth was primarily due to users 
updating from Firefox 2.0.


Other browsers, including Apple Inc.'s Safari and Opera Software ASA's 
Opera, also gained ground in June.

Firefox closed the month with a 19% share, up 0.6% over May, while IE 
slipped 0.7% to 73%. Safari, meanwhile, was up 0.06% to 6.3%, while 
Opera increased its share by 0.02% to 0.7%.

Most of Firefox's increase came during the week following version 3.0's 
release, when the combined share of Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 jumped from 
18.2% before the June 17 launch to 18.6% immediately after. In the last 
week of the month, however, the two browsers' combined share increased 
only by 0.02% over the week prior.

And as Net Applications noted shortly after Firefox 3.0's debut, June's 
data showed that much of that version's growth came from upgrades rather 
than users switching from rival browsers. In the first full week 
following Firefox 3.0 going final, Firefox 2.0's share dropped 1.57 
percentage points, nearly identical to the 1.59 points gained by Firefox 
3.0.

As was the case last month, Firefox's June share was a new record for 
the open-source browser, which has been on a two-month climb after being 
interrupted in April when its share slipped somewhat. Last month's 
increase was nearly equal to the increase of the month before, which in 
turn had been the largest for Firefox since December 2007.

Safari and Opera also posted record market shares in June, reported Net 
Applications, while IE reached a record low last month.

Based on trends, Net Applications has projected Firefox will break the 
20% share bar sometime in July.

Net Applications' browser share and trend data is available online.



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