Firefox Explorer invasion slows
p2pnet.net News:- US browser usage figures show Firefox’s penetration of Microsoft Internet Explorer territory has slowed
Quoting WebSideStory, mozillaZine says Firefox’s market share grew just 15% in the five weeks leading up to February 18.
“In the previous six weeks before that, the browser grew at 22 percent clip,” says the report.
“These figures compare with a 34 percent increase between Nov. 5 and Dec. 3, which coincides with the release of Firefox Version 1.0 on Nov. 9."
mozillaZine has WebSideStory ceo Jeff Lunsford saying he’s now more cautious about Firefox’s goal of a 10% usage share by the end of the year.
"Back in December 2004, it seemed Firefox was a lock to reach 10 percent by mid-2005, ahead of the reported year end goal of the Mozilla Foundation,” he stated.
“Given the latest growth rates, the year end target still appears attainable, but a mid-year achievement is unlikely unless we see increased marketing activity from the Mozilla Foundation."
Firefox’s growth is reported to be slowing down but, “That still means that it’s still gaining users, just at slower rate than before,” adds the story.
March 1st, 2005 at 12:43 am
Is this counting downloads or Website login usage?
Keep in mind that many users are running Firefox courtesy of local techies or a shared download and did not go to the Mozilla site for their copy.
Just counting downloads is missing an important part of the overall picture.
March 1st, 2005 at 12:45 am
WebSideStory is trying to cause a stir by claiming that adoption of Firefox is slowing down. However, this is not true – not even when looking at their own numbers. WebSideStory have now removed the most misleading numbers in their report, and replaced them with more relevant figures.
Using these (new) figures for a few calculations, it’s clear that Firefox has seen the same average adoption rate of 0.021 percentage points per day since the beginning of December. Also, the decrease in adoption rate since November (when adoption averaged 0.037 percentage points per day) is only 42.5% [1-(0.021143/0.036786)=0.425] – not 56% [1-(15/34)=0.56] as the initial figures indicated.