The number of users using Internet Explorer to surf the internet has dropped below 90% to 88.90%, a 5% drop since May, so report OneStat.com, a provider of web analytics.
Internet Explorer appears to have lost a significant part of it's market share to the Mozilla browsers, with nearly 5% of users now using the new Firefox browser. The drop in popularity of Internet Explorer no doubt comes after a long period of security scares involving the browser where often the only way to avoid a serious security problem was to use an alternative browser.
This is great news for alternative browsers as it shows that a market for alternative browsers really does exist, even if it is currently marginal, and users may be willing to make the switch away from Internet Explorer if a quality option exists. Combine this with the press coverage that the recent Firefox launch received and it is clear that end users are starting to become more aware of the options out there.
We would expect Internet Explorer's market share to continue to drop, especially if more high profile security flaws are found in the browser. The question is of course as to whether or not the alternative browsers will prove to be any more secure. They certainly appear to be more feature filled and user friendly which is no doubt another of the reasons that they are winning users over. Which browser is going to win the alternative browser war is currently unclear, although Mozilla's Firefox is looking to be a definite contender.
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