Part III: Fox on Fire?
Is Firefox really gaining ground on IE?
Let's look at the cold, hard facts.
From the penetration rates charted in December to this week's updates, it's clear that Firefox has surged to a remarkable 5% market penetration in only 99 days.
This is a product with momentum. As Blake Ross noted on the Firefox blog, "You all are spreading Firefox to a quarter of a million people a day!" Over 25 million people have downloaded the browser, and have knocked IE back to under 90% for the first time in 5 years.
In contrast to BillG's assertion that browser downloads don't matter, WebSideStory also concluded that people are actually using Firefox after download. Users continue to abandon IE due to continued bugs, security issues, spyware and viruses.
Firefox could certainly still stumble, but for now it seems clear that yes, this fox is on fire.
Let's look at the cold, hard facts.
From the penetration rates charted in December to this week's updates, it's clear that Firefox has surged to a remarkable 5% market penetration in only 99 days.
This is a product with momentum. As Blake Ross noted on the Firefox blog, "You all are spreading Firefox to a quarter of a million people a day!" Over 25 million people have downloaded the browser, and have knocked IE back to under 90% for the first time in 5 years.
In contrast to BillG's assertion that browser downloads don't matter, WebSideStory also concluded that people are actually using Firefox after download. Users continue to abandon IE due to continued bugs, security issues, spyware and viruses.
Firefox could certainly still stumble, but for now it seems clear that yes, this fox is on fire.
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