Firefox 3 hits 4 percent market share...in just one week

Opera has been striving to break 1 percent of the browser market for years. Firefox 3 did four times that amount in just one week, according to Net Applications.

This not to criticize Opera but rather to laud Firefox 3. If you haven't downloaded it and tried it out, do so. It's lightning fast and stocked with a plethora of add-ons (many of which have, in fact, been updated to work on Firefox 3, and not merely Firefox 2).

[themostpowerful]

When i looked at those pictures and the fact that i definitely agree that Microsoft is not the same without Bill...I wondered if Microsoft is still the most powerful company in the world? (as, in my opinion, they used to be)
And i took a look at what companies dominate the world and i wondered, who is the most powerful company nowadays?
So i took a ride on google and came across this website which might give me an answer in a month, check it out:
http://www.themostpowerfulcompany.com

[TheManInDboX]

Firefox or IE, doesnt much matter, i agree that something from another corp might be better at first, however, what i think is missed here is that with firefox growing in popularity it is only a matter of time before there are just as many issues with that as IE. People who hack, and write viruses dont do it for systems that no one uses. As firefox grows it will definatly end up in the same boat as IE. I have used Firefox, Opera, Seagull, Netscape, AOL (old), Seamonkey, camino and IE... I honestly think IE is still the best... Most people just dont know how to use it fully.... There are alot of security features in IE that are off by default, but when they are on, it is virtually virus free browsing... As far as speed goes, this grossly depends on you ISP (internet service provider) , network setup and lastly your PC. You will not go faster on a slow connection, and you will not go faster on an old bogged down PC...

[odubtaig]

Thankyou for demonstrating that you don't have to use Linux to blame the user for not knowing about stupid defaults while demonstrating complete ignorance about how much data turnaround and receipt acknowledgement can affect network communications speed while conveniently ignoring that IE has reinforced its security several times since IE6 because exposure has never been the only factor as Safari has been demonstrating quite nicely with its flaw from the 1990s.



Is it ironic that I favour Linux but contend that the user is never stupid?

[The_Decider]

Security and market share have nothing to do with each other. IE gets raped because MS foolishly put it at the OS level. Even when FF gets exploited the damage it can do is minor compared to IE. Hackers go for the low hanging fruit, the systems that are easy to crack. That means windows running IE. If your theory held any water at all Windows Server and IIS would not have the vast majority of the security problems in the server market, Apache would.

[The_Decider]

I forgot to comment on this stupidity: "here are alot of security features in IE that are off by default". LOL That pretty much sums it up, Microsoft software, insecure by default. IE is junk.

[Seaspray0]

I'm not surprised at the market share growing to 3% in a week. Is this because people are upgrading their firefox? Probably! What the Matt Asay could have done was combine all versions of firefox into one market share indicator and report that figure as well. That would take into account the upgrading from version 2 to version 3 and also indicate what the overall firefox usage is and how it's changing. But it may be too soon to do even that. There are those who will download it simply because it's new to try it out, but may never use it again and that needs to be factored into the overall picture requiring some investigative reporting. Matt Asay, in your next article on this subject, can you give use more facts than a single "jumps 3% in a week"? Yes, Opera would be jelous, but I don't "see the picture" in your article.