Explorer losing favor

January 4, 2009 — 7:36pm ET | By Judi Hasson

Microsoft won the browser battle years ago in competition with Netscape, but the times are changing. Web analytics company, Net Applications reports that visitors are continuing to desert Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome.

Internet Explorer was used by 68.15 percent of surfers monitored in December, down from 69.77 percent in November and 71.27 percent in October, according to preliminary figures published by Net Applications. Firefox's share rose to 21.34 percent, from 20.78 percent in November and 19.97 percent in October, while Safari's climbed to 7.93 percent, from 7.13 percent in November and 6.57 percent in October.

For more on browsers:
- see this Techworld.com article

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