Browser Shares Stable

After a month of availability of Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4, it appears that the browser market remains stable.

Internet Explorer is down slightly, dropping 0.81 points to 55.11 percent. Firefox experienced a small drop of 0.17 points, to 21.63 percent. Chrome was up 0.37 points to 11.94 percent, and Safari was up 0.54 points to 7.15 percent.

The implication is that people adopting the latest versions are upgraders, and that little major change has occurred.

Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer in Europe

Firefox overtook Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the number one browser in Europe in December 2010 according to StatCounter. StatCounter Global Stats reports that in December, Firefox took 38 percent of European market share, compared to IE's 37.5 percent.

'This is the first time that IE has been dethroned from the number one spot in a major territory,' commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "This appears to be happening because Google's Chrome is stealing share from Internet Explorer while Firefox is mainly maintaining its existing share," said Cullen.

Google Chrome has grown to 14.6 percent compared to five percent in December 2009.

Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer in Europe in browser wars | StatCounter Global Stats