Internet Explorer 6 is dead. Long live IE.

January 4, 2012Browsers, Chrome, Firefox, Google, Internet, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, USA, WindowsEdward Kiledjian

Many of us thought IE 6 was already dead but it seems we were wrong. As its share of the web browser market fell to below 1%, Redmond finally gave it a one-two sucker punch. IE6 is now officially down for the count. Roger Capriotti , the Microsoft director in charge of IE marketing said : “IE6 has been the punch line of browser jokes for a while, and we’ve been as eager as anyone to see it go away.”

StatCounter’s latest report shows that Chrome 15 is now the most popular single version browser in the world (surpassing IE8). Combining all versions of all browsers, Internet Explorer is still king of the browser hill.

Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net

October 23, 2011Browsers, Internet, Internet Explorer, Virus, Windows, technologyEdward Kiledjian

Firefox 6 is now 8% of Chitika's total North American traffic

August 30, 2011Browsers, Chrome, Firefox, Internet ExplorerEdward Kiledjian

Chitika Insights, the research division of Chitika ad network, is reporting that 8% of its traffic is now Firefox 6. This data is based on Chitika’s analysis of their USA and Canada traffic. They go on to say that Firefox 6 accounts for 45% of all detected Firefox traffic, which is an impressive uptake of the new version (considering it was released August 16).

They mentioned that they expected adoption to slow a little. Click on any of the below images to see a full size graph.