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Changing of Web Browser use from Internet Explorer (IE) to FireFox (Fx), and now Google's Chrome (C) is speeding up. Astonishing statistics of Web Browser use shown below are taken from w3schools,


which sets up standards for the web. See the giant leap taken by Google's Chrome in couple of months.

Internet Explorer is Microsoft's© internet browser, began 1995.
FireFox is Mozilla's web browser, released 2004 and
Chrome is Google's internet browser, beta version, released August 2008.

WHY LESS PEOPLE ARE USING MICROSOFT'S© INTERNET EXPLORER?
The Open Source browsers Firefox and Chrome are FREE. Microsoft's Internet Explorer is neither free nor open source. Besides other factors, undoubtedly the Open Source browsers are more secure and safe than Internet Explorer.


WHY IS MICROSOFT© LOOSING ITS GRIP OVER CUSTOMERS?
Microsoft© products are for customers; Open Source products are for users.

The monopoly of Microsoft© in the entire Internet Technology is crumbling rapidly. Microsoft© is still holding its clenched fist monopoly in Internet Technology. Open Source is coming up. Open Source is created by versatile pool of Computer and Web Technology experts world over.

Open Source, meaning the source is available to anyone (not hidden by ownership copyright).

Amazing Web Browser Statistics.

[1]
2008-September
IE7 =26.3%
IE6 =22.3%
Fx =42.6%
Chrome =3.1%

[2]
IE was introduced in 1995 - 48.6% - consumers.
Fx was released in 2004 - 42.6% - users
Chrome was released 2008 - 3.1% - users

[1] http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
[2] http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/default.asp

IE Internet Explorer
Fx Firefox

Given below are
FEW MORE DETAILS FOR THOSE INTERESTED

FIRST RANK
Though Internet Explorer (IE 6 and 7 together) is the largest used web browser in the world today, the situation is likely to change as Google Inc, the Goliath, is dispensing free its beta edition of web browser Google Chrome. Chrome has reached 3.7% of world wide browser share in short span of couple of months (released 2008 August, 15).

THE SECOND RANKING
Mozilla Firefox is safer and secure web browser today.


OPERA

'Opera' rhymes with 'Oh! Pyara, (ओ प्यारा ) which means 'Oh! Lovable' in Hindi language। Hindi is India's national language।

I like Opera, the magnificent web browser from Norway.
Important - It is free.
It has enviable features that have been incorporated in Internet Explorer (version 7, vista) as well as Firefox 3 (latest version is 3.0).

WHY IS OPERA NOT LEADING OR MORE POPULAR?

It is my guess that it has less muscle power in the internet industry compared to Microsoft and Google Inc.

Check this for yourself, Opera Mini is the best hand held mobile phone browsers that easily beats Google's mobile browser in quality and features.
Yet, have you noticed that Nokia, one of the topmost hand held cell phone manufacturers ousted Opera Mini (version 4) as its default search engine and replaced it by Google's search engine.

Opera Mini is still the cutest browser for the hand held device.

Firefox is yet to come with a viable browser for hand held devices and as with everything else related to Microsoft its Mobile Browser is not free.

If I have both Internet Explorer 7 on my desktop and Mozilla Firefox version 3.0, I need not tell you that it is Mozilla Firefox that I will use and keep Internet Explorer as standby (stephani) or to check web designs compatibility on the Internet Explorer.

So ends the little web related gupshup. गपशप

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