Comments on: Firefox market share climbs 20 percent in Europe

Firefox is on a tear. Could it use a boost?

[PortVista-19095313035016904102]

I think almost all Firefox users use IE also, especially since you practically need IE to install Microsoft updates. There's even a very popular plug-in to load IE within Firefox. So, I'm not sure how you define market share. Both are free anyway. The only people who really care are the web designers who need to employ hacks to get their websites to work.

[john55440]

"People use Firefox by choice (they must download it, after all) and IE by Microsoft/PC manufacturer fiat."

I use IE7 by choice. I have Firefox installed as a backup browser, but use/prefer IE7.

[codex73]

Firefox is clearly a better software piece overall. Microsoft dominates the PC market making any open source software almost impossible to gain more share. IE has a slower loading process, non-standard css behavior with some code, slower page loading, available add ons and customization not geared for developers, and the list keeps going. Don't get me wrong, IE is a good browser and has good caliber of course, but when i comes to my personal choice and 85% of people i see around me everyday, its FIREFOX, NOT IE.

[kwilco]

It seems I'm constantly having to resize the window, click buttons twice or three times, and wait for IE to decide if it's going to load or not. Firefox by choice.

[curmudgeonlygoat]

Mozilla is now my backup on my windows machine, but not to IE. I really like Safari for Windows (Yes, there really is such a critter) but I still like the flavor of Mozilla that Canonical provides with Ubuntu.