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Firefox Army clashes with IE in Central Europe, wins browser share crown
The Firefox army is hundreds of millions of soldiers strong. After successfully taking the southernmost continent on the globe, the Mozilla Militia continues to run full speed ahead across Europe. Today's battlefront: the central region.
As you can see in the header image, Firefox and IE recently crossed paths. The chart shows data gathered from nine countries - Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine - from January 1, 2007 to the present. Internet Explorer continues its downward slide, Firefox has now claimed almost 50% of the browser share in Central Europe.
As you can see in the header image, Firefox and IE recently crossed paths. The chart shows data gathered from nine countries - Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine - from January 1, 2007 to the present. Internet Explorer continues its downward slide, Firefox has now claimed almost 50% of the browser share in Central Europe.
So go ahead, EU, complain all you want about Microsoft unfairly using their influence to ensure everyone's PC is running IE. It's obviously not hurting Firefox (or Opera, for that matter).
Maybe users really are smart enough to find and install their own browser? Who'da thunk it.
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Saint Seminole said 12:44PM on 11-20-2009
"Maybe users really are smart enough to find and install their own browser?"
Exactly. This is why the EU's suit against Microsoft was so silly in my opinion. Yes, there was a time when other browsers didn't have a chance, but now that the ball is rolling, IE will have to *really* step up its game in order to win back any loyalty.
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dmitr77 said 1:21PM on 11-20-2009
Isn't it strange that the IE and Firefox lines are mirror images of each other?
Are they just trading users? Do opera, chrome, etc not affect the users of those two?
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dXm99 said 1:50PM on 11-20-2009
Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine... I am not sure but i think that piracy rate in those countries is in inverse proportion to the IE usage :) (This also goes for some other countries in eastern Europe.)
I guess that we can make a law: "IE usage in a country or a region is in inverse proportion to piracy rate in it"
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Fyrewerx said 4:45PM on 11-20-2009
Sounds good to me. But, over in Western Europe, only the EU can make laws :-)
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elvin said 2:04AM on 11-21-2009
What this statistics mean: Central European Countries are MORE educated than the rest? Obvious. :)
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Seabird said 3:09AM on 11-21-2009
Microsoft is not licked yet! It still has IE users in the Ukraine!!
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bxmuchacho said 1:16PM on 11-23-2009
I'm on IE as I type this. I'm usually NOT on IE. I'm usually on Firefox. The latest iteration of Firefox has developed a case of what my sister's child calls...the "Aunt Mimi's". You see, Aunt Mimi is a rather old, but loveable, aunt of ours. She has a penchant for buying overly large undergarments which come crashing to the floor. Moz's latest version crashes. It crashes a lot.
Oh and this thing that MS cooked up is not bad at all. I'm almost shocked. Hadn't used IE in years. It would get updated of course, and then forgotten in some junk drawer somewhere on my Windows install. I'm pleasantly surprised that the one instance when it should have crashed it quickly picked itself up, dusted itself off, recovered, and reloaded nicely. It's acting like Uncle Pep.
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