Firefox gaining more ground on IE...
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From ZDNet: Firefox gains more ground on IE
I was watching a blog thread on someone's site that was talking about conversion rates of clicks to downloads at the Firefox download area. They figured about 50% of those who visited downloaded the software. The method of their computation was open to debate, but still... Then the conversation turned to whether 50% was abysmally low or incredibly successful. I saw it as nothing short of astounding...
In the IT media, a percentage point drop of IE usage translates into a major story. Can you imagine what the writing will be if Firefox takes IE down from the current 92.9% to anything under 80%? We're talking op-ed columns predicting the immediate death of MS... :-)
From ZDNet: Firefox gains more ground on IE
I was watching a blog thread on someone's site that was talking about conversion rates of clicks to downloads at the Firefox download area. They figured about 50% of those who visited downloaded the software. The method of their computation was open to debate, but still... Then the conversation turned to whether 50% was abysmally low or incredibly successful. I saw it as nothing short of astounding...
In the IT media, a percentage point drop of IE usage translates into a major story. Can you imagine what the writing will be if Firefox takes IE down from the current 92.9% to anything under 80%? We're talking op-ed columns predicting the immediate death of MS... :-)
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Opera > Firefox...
Opera > All other browsers!!
Posted by AC At 02:02:01 On 08/11/2004 | - Website - |