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Microsoft: IE9 adoption "about five times higher" than that of IE8
This is a really important statistic for Microsoft. Given that its update strategy is very slow, it's great to see that the software giant has managed to build up hype for IE9. Although IE's market share is steadily declining every month, it is still the most popular browser, and IE8 is still the most popular browser version. As such, if Microsoft can make sure that IE9 adoption outpaces IE8, everyone on the Web will benefit.
Unfortunately, this will be very difficult to achieve given that IE9 is not available for Windows XP, which is still by far the most popular operating system version. IE9 may be being adopted rather quickly now, but that's just because users of newer operating systems are generally more tech-savvy and willing to try a new browser version.
As Microsoft has already said before, almost all of IE9's downloads so far have been user-initiated. Internet Explorer 9 was released on March 15, 2011. Two weeks later, on March 29, 2011, Microsoft started to push IE9 out via Windows Update, but only for existing IE9 Beta and IE9 RC users. The real test will come when the company flips the Windows Update switch for all users in late June.
User Comments (7)
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tacobfm
on April 1, 2011 12:05 PM |
I downloaded it for the hulu plus free trial. |
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Guest
on April 1, 2011 5:04 PM |
I downloaded it for the free copy of Chrome and Firefox I could download through it. |
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Mamoon69
on April 2, 2011 2:34 AM |
IE9 crashes alot. IE8 is extremely stable compared to IE9 (latest release) |
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Mizzou
on April 2, 2011 3:25 AM |
IE9 crashes alot. IE8 is extremely stable compared to IE9 (latest release) I have been running IE9 since the release candidate and now the production version, have not experienced the type of problem you are describing. Perhaps I just don't understand what you mean by crashes a lot. |
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Flannelwarrior
on April 2, 2011 8:02 PM |
Microsoft has announced that so far, the adoption rate of Internet Explorer 9 is about five times higher then what the company saw for Internet Explorer 8 in the same time frame. I think he meant "than".
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captaincranky
on April 4, 2011 3:20 AM |
I think he meant "than". That's actually a tough call. Although if you're a purist, you would have to change the "what" to "when", plus a bit of surgery on the prepositional phase. As it stands, since IE-8 was released in the past, it's sort of a "then". Meh, but it's probably more of a than. In direct, (but slightly indirect), response to the topic, does that 5X multiplier ratio extend to include Windows 7 to Vista adopters also? |
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Flannelwarrior
on April 30, 2011 2:47 PM |
That's actually a tough call. Although if you're a purist, you would have to change the "what" to "when", plus a bit of surgery on the prepositional phase. No....no, it's 'than'. It's comparing two things. "The adoption rate of IE9 is five times higher THAN what the company saw for IE8". It's not a tough call. 'Than' is the correct spelling.
As it stands, since IE-8 was released in the past, it's sort of a "then". Meh, but it's probably more of a than. |
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