Worldwide Browser Landscape evolution from 2008 to 2012

Evolution or the changing face of the Worldwide Browser Landscape from 2008 to 2012. StatCounter, the independent web analytics firm, has launched a new video which in less than two minutes illustrates the changing world map of browser usage over the last four years.

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Browsers , World Browser landscape 2008-2012

Worldwide Browser Landscape evolution from 2008 to 2012

Anil Singh Monday, July 9, 2012

Chrome became world's number one browser for a day

Google's Chrome narrowly became the world's top internet browser for the first time on Sunday 18 March 2012, according to StatCounter, the independent website analytics company.

The firm's research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that Chrome topped the polls in India, Russia and Brazil, all of which contributed to it becoming the number one browser for that day on a global basis.

According to Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter, although it is only one day, but still this is a milestone. He added that Chrome still faces a battle to unseat its main rivals including IE and Firefox in many regions. Chrome remains in 2nd or 3rd place in China, United States and Germany, for example.

Whether Chrome can take the lead in the browser wars in the long term remains to be seen, however the trend towards Chrome usage at weekends is undeniable, reports StatCounter. At weekends, when people are free to choose what browser to use, many of them are selecting Chrome in preference to IE.

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Browsers , Google Chrome , Microsoft internet Explorer , Mozilla Firefox

Chrome became world's number one browser for a day

Anil Singh Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Chrome Overtakes Firefox in UK in July, in Ireland in May

According to Statcounter’s latest report,

Google's Chrome has become the number two browser in the UK during the month of July for the first time. In July 2011, Chrome had a 22.1 percent share in the UK browser market. In July 2009, this was 3.9%.

Notably, during the said period Microsoft's Internet Explorer fell significantly from 61% to 46% globally and Firefox dropped slightly from 27% to 22%. Chrome on the other hand, made significant gains in the browser market going from under 4% two years ago to over 20% today.

Chrome is also performing particularly well in Ireland where it overtook Firefox in May to become the number two browser. In July it reached 27.7%, ahead of Firefox's 24.2% but still behind IE at 39.9%.

Statcounter, expects the browser war to intensify in the next few months, with Chrome and Firefox almost neck and neck. ---------

Browsers , Google , Google Chrome OS , Mozilla Firefox 5.0

Chrome Overtakes Firefox in UK in July, in Ireland in May

Anil Singh Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Firefox 5.0 Blazes Ahead of Launch!

The next-gen Firefox browser with a codename of 5.0 is already making its way for the big launch. But guess what? Some folks at Mozilla have already had their spoilers done. That’s because the blazing fire have already unleashed its smoke via an FTP portal.

But what’s even greater is the fact that the file can now be downloaded along with its new features that will most likely include an improved canvas. The new version will also be packed with support for CSS transitions and other language formats.

The Firefox 5.0 has officially been set to be released this June 21. Meanwhile, Mozilla has also scheduled to release its Firefox 6 Beta on the first week of July.

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Browsers , Mozilla Firefox 5.0 , Web Browsers

Firefox 5.0 Blazes Ahead of Launch!

Kent Maureen Sunday, June 19, 2011

Firefox 4 surpasses Internet Explorer 9 in just One day of its launch

According to StatCounter, the free website analytics company, Mozilla Firefox 4, which was launched yesterday (Tuesday 22nd March), has already taken 1.95% of the worldwide Internet browser market.

In comparison, Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 which was launched more than a week ago, had managed to had to take just 0.87% of the worldwide market.

According to Statcounter, one of the primary reasons for Firefox4 eclipsing the launch of IE 9, is IE9’s lack of compatibility with Windows XP ( 40-50 percent of all PCs still running Windows XP).

Taking all versions of each browser into account, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still leads the global market. Here are the market shares each browser commands globally:

Internet Explorer_________ 45%
Firefox_________________ 30%
Chrome________________17%

US market standings, for all versions taken into account:

IE_________48%
Firefox____26%
Chrome____ 14%


Statcounter notes that, there's a steady decline in the IE global market share from 55% in February last year to 45% this year. In the same time frame Google's Chrome has risen steadily from 7% worldwide to 17%. Only recently, Firefox overtook Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to become the number one browser in Europe for the first time in December 2010. ---------

Browsers

Firefox 4 surpasses Internet Explorer 9 in just One day of its launch

Anil Singh Wednesday, March 23, 2011

US Browser market standings Dec 2010: Google Chrome overtakes Safari

According to the December 2010 data from web analytics firm StatCounter,

Google Chrome has overtaken Apple Safari to become the third-largest browser in the U.S.

Here are the current North American market standings based on market shares:

IE__________ 48.92%
Firefox______ 26.7%
Chrome______12.82%
Safari________10.16%

Here is the loss or gain in the market share:

Microsoft Internet Explorer____________Loss of 2 percentage points
Google Chrome______________________Gain of 1.55 percentage points
Apple Safari_________________________Gain of 0.24 percent gain.

Globally, Microsoft has even more reason for concern. In Europe, Mozilla Firefox narrowly overtook it to become the most popular browser in the entire continent. Globally, Microsoft has even more reason for concern. In Europe, Mozilla Firefox narrowly overtook it to become the most popular browser in the entire continent.

Global picture:

For the first time in October 2010, IE's global market share dipped below 50 percent. Google Chrome gained the most from the slack, but with roughly 14 percent of the global market, so still some way to go to overtake Microsoft.

Mozilla Firefox held a steady second place last year, veering little from 31 percent market share. Notably in the data, the figures for Microsoft IE 9 Beta are not included. However, Earlier this week Microsoft said IE 9 Beta has been downloaded more than 20 million times.

Global User distribution:

Roughly 33 percent of all browser users are from North America. ---------

Browsers , Tech24hours US

US Browser market standings Dec 2010: Google Chrome overtakes Safari

Anil Singh Friday, January 7, 2011

Opera 11 launched: brings Extensions,Tab Stacking and Visual Mouse Gestures

The final that is non-beta (test version) version of Opera 11 has been released.

Opera 11 brings several important improvements, including extensions, tab stacking and visual mouse gestures to the browser.

Tab stacking: Lets a user organize tabs into groups by dragging and dropping tabs onto other tabs, In simple, making creating Tab “stacks.”

Extensions: Lets a user enhance Opera’s basic functionality with a number of add-ons available from Opera’s extensions catalog. Just like one does for with browser extensions, “You Blog a lot ? then why not use a browser add-on or extension to make blogging easy; by posting right from the web page you are currently on” etc.

Other new features: Visual mouse gestures, an improved auto-update system (which now makes sure that your Opera, its extensions and Opera Unite apps are up to date), and a new e-mail panel. Download Opera 11 from Here.



Welcome compatibilities brought in: Opera 11 brings HTML5 support, as well as many performance improvements and memory issue fixes.

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Announcements , Browsers , Opera

Opera 11 launched: brings Extensions,Tab Stacking and Visual Mouse Gestures

Anil Singh Friday, December 17, 2010