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Firefox Beats Internet Explorer

As was said by a Web metrics firm said, Mozilla Corp.`s Firefox continued its steady climb and achieved half a percentage point in market share at the expense of Microsoft Corp.`s Internet Explorer during August. According to Aliso Viejo, California`s Net Applications, Firefox now owns 11.8 percent of the global browser market share, which is a jump of half a percent from July`s 11.3 percent. Internet Explorer, on the other hand, accounts for 83 percent of browsers used to surf the Web, that`s down from July`s 83.5 percent.

Both and Microsoft Mozilla are working on their next versions of Web browsers. Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 was released last week by Mozilla, while Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) the week before. Final release dates are still not known for both. However, Microsoft promises to deliver the new Windows XP version before the end of the year and Mozilla retreats from an earlier schedule that put Firefox 2.0 in users` hands by late October.

IE 7, nevertheless, has seen its share climb this summer from under 1 percent at the end of May to 1.7 percent by the end of August. During that time, Microsoft released two iterations of browser. Firefox 2.0, however, has a miniscule 0.6 percent of the market share because Mozilla has been warning general users to steer clear of the previews.