Internet Explorer market share continues to fall

<p>Microsoft's market share bleeding with Internet Explorer hasn't stopped, it seems. Even with the release of version 8, which already sits at over 15% market share by itself, the company has seen a net loss in people using IE to browse the web. According to recent statistics, they have lost <a href="https://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/05/since-march-internet-explorer-lost-114-percent-share-to-firefox-safari-and-chrome/?awesm=tcrn.ch_5CP" target="_blank">around 11.4% in total</a> since March, with Firefox, Safari and Chrome all seeing increases during that same period.</p> <p>IE8 has managed to achieve explosive growth, but it isn't enough to make up the losses being sustained by IE7 and IE6 both. As a collective, the browsers are estimated to hold a combined market share of under 55% in the United States. Those figures vary wildly based on who is doing the measurement, with some estimates still giving IE a comfortable 72% share. Still, the correlation between an increase in IE8 growth and the decrease in IE6/7 users cannot be ignored. It is clear that users already making use of earlier versions of IE are apt to switch, but that Microsoft is having a tough time “bringing back” those who made the switch to alternative browsers.</p> <p>Will alternative browsers keep positive growth, or will IE8 manage to win back lost customers?</p><p><a rel='canonical' href='https://www.techspot.com/news/35349-internet-explorer-market-share-continues-to-fall.html' target='_blank'>Permalink to story.</a></p><p class='permalink'><a rel='canonical' href='https://www.techspot.com/news/35349-internet-explorer-market-share-continues-to-fall.html'>https://www.techspot.com/news/35349-internet-explorer-market-share-continues-to-fall.html</a></p>

I'm starting to think Microsoft doesn't really care. They do minimal things to keep IE alive, but they know and we know there is a lot more than could be done. Its when the Firefox group gets large enough and threatens the Windows OS itself that Microsoft will truly grow concern.

I agree with tengeta and it's sad the way MS allowed their browsers to fade so badly. It's like they've been resolved to just barely keep up and tread water rather than even try to do anything really unique. Best thing MS can do now is just drop IE and broker a deal with Mozilla for "them" to provide the browsers for them. However, Mozilla should NOT relinquish control of their product to MS as they would destroy it in record time.