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One Microsoft Way November 2009 browser stats: IE8 passes IE7 Internet Explorer 8 has passed Internet Explorer 7 and is about to pass Internet Explorer 6 Meanwhile, Firefox is almost at 25 percent, and Chrome readies to take on Safari.
Leave a comment November 2009 browser stats: IE8 passes IE7 Internet Explorer remains ahead of the rest of the competition, and users continue to cling to older versions, but IE8 has finally surpassed IE7, and will likely pass IE6, easily the most hated version of Microsoft's browser among the tech-savvy, before we see the New Year. Firefox's steady gain continues and it will also likely hit the 25 percent mark before the end of the year. Safari remains in third place but Chrome seems to be eyeing it hungrily, leaving poor Opera in dead-last fifth place. In November, only the third-party browsers showed positive growth.
Safari dipped 006 percentage points (from 442 percent to 436 percent) while Chrome once again moved further away from Opera: it gained a worthy 034 percentage points (from 358 percent to 392 percent). Opera grabbed 014 percentage points (from 217 percent to 231 percent). png In terms of browser versions, Internet Explorer saw the following changes: version 60 dropped 121 percentage points, version 70 dropped 128 percentage points, and version 80 gained 150 percentage points, meaning IE8 has finally overtaken IE7. Meanwhile, in Firefox land, version 35 gained 126 percentage points, version 30 dropped 064 percentage points, and version 20 dropped 009 percentage points. Safari saw version 40 gain 006 percentage points and the 3x versions drop 012 percentage points. Finally, Chrome saw its version 40 gain 019 percentage points and its version 30 also gain 019 percentage points.
The graph just above shows how things at Ars are very different: Firefox continues to dominate, but the default browsers for Windows and Mac OS X still show their strength, and Chrome's lead over Opera is much more significant at Ars. Compared to last month, IE gained share, while Firefox lost some. Safari dropped quite a bit, while Chrome and Opera gained.
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