Firefox 4 launched yesterday, and since going live it has already been downloaded 5 million time – giving it a share of just under 2 percent of the worldwide web browser market already. And things aren’t looking so rosy for Internet Explorer 9, which has been available for more than a week: according to web analytics firm StatCounter, IE9 has only nabbed 0.87 percent of the market.
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Microsoft is launching Internet Explorer 9 in the middle of the night tonight: it should be available from 4am GMT. Read on for more info and screenshots of what’s new in IE9.
In an effort to drive down the number of people who still use Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft has launched The IE6 Countdown, a site dedicated to mapping IE6 usage across the world. One in four still use IE6, despite it being so outdated that it can have trouble rendering pages properly, and often widgets just don’t work.
Microsoft says it is “committed to reducing IE6 share as quickly as possible”, with the ultimate aim of reducing the market share of IE6 to less than 1% from the 12% it is now. The UK is on its way, with just 3.5% of the UK using IE6. It’s entertaining to see that IE6 users have been branded charity cases, with Microsoft referring to them as a “cause”. Microsoft says: “Friends don’t let friends use Internet Explorer 6.”
Microsoft’s Russian has accidentally posted a picture and some details of the next incarnation of Internet Explorer – IE9. The browser – which is not due for release until next month – seems to be taking a few pointers from rivals , in particular Google’s Chrome.
Internet Explorer 9: Microsoft's next gen browser revealed!
Internet Explorer 9 announced new features today, to “break the glass ceiling of browsing” in the words of Windows 7 head honcho Leila Martine, by using your computer’s GPU to improve IE9′s performance.