Firefox forges ahead in Europe
p2pnet news | browsers:- Firefox bit off a significant 28% chunk of Europe’s browser market in the first week of July, says Web analytics firm XiTi Monitor.
Conversely, “usage of Internet Explorer dropped to 66.5 percent in early July from 73 percent a year ago, the firm reported,” continues LinuxInsider.
Almost 96,000 sites in 32 European countries were surveyed, the story goes on.
“After Internet Explorer and Firefox, Opera, Safari and Netscape were next in line in terms of early July market share, with 3.5 percent, 1.7 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively, the company reported,” it says.
“In North America, Firefox accounts for a much smaller proportion of the market – just under 19 percent in early July, according to XiTi.”
But, “Europe is a fortress for Mozilla Corp.’s Firefox browser,” says PC World.
“Slovenia, Finland and Slovakia had the greatest Firefox penetration, with the open-source browser accounting for 47.9 percent, 45.4 percent and 40.4 percent, respectively, during a weeklong stretch from July 2 to July 8. Other Firefox strongholds include Germany (38 percent), Poland (39.6 percent) and Ireland (38.6 percent).”
Also See:
LinuxInsider – Firefox Sinks Its Teeth Into Explorer in Europe, July 17, 2007
PC World – Firefox Nears 30 Percent Market Share in Europe, July 16, 2007
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