Maybe you don't remember the time of the last browser, after all, Microsoft IE has maintained a long time in the browser market, almost all consumers numb, and forgot that there are other browser products. The presence.
However, the bonfire in the browser market is expected to be ignited again. The reason is very simple: Microsoft IE browser in seven years is lost in the market share. According to the data of WebSidestory, the use of Microsoft Browsers, the number of people website and the number of people websites have been reduced from 95.6% from September from June, while the number of users using open source software Mozilla browsers is from 3.5%. Growth to 5.2%.
Programmers from the Mozilla Fund expects that with the latest version of Mozilla browser Firefox 1.0 in the fall of this fall, this browser for the consumer market can reope with new records. This browser faster speed, safer performance will make Microsoft's IE browser phases, and the IE browser in recent months makes Microsoft torture. The industry's analysts pointed out that the new Mozilla browser will win more market share.
Firefox's preview version is released on September 14, and the Mozilla Fund expects that the software downloads will exceed 1 million times in the next few weeks. Feedback from users will make the final version of Firefox more complete. Mozilla's CEO Brendan Eich said that Mozilla's market share depends on users who have come into contact with IE browser.
Software giants are of course focusing on the development of the situation, but this is not enough to make it panic. In August this year, Microsoft released the upgraded version of Windows XP Service Pack 2, mainly to improve the security of the operating system and browser. In addition, it also integrates pop-up advertising blocking functions in the IE browser.
Microsoft officials said that the new version of IE browser security has been greatly improved, and there is no need to use open source code browser software.
However, safety is still the pain of IE. In June this year, the US Federal Government's computer burst handling team warns users to use IE browser because security vulnerabilities in IE make hackers to enter the user's computer system, easily download to users. Just because of this warning message, thousands of users immediately start searching for alternatives to the IE browser, and start downloading open source code browsers from the Mozilla website.
Although IE has improved in SP2 versions, its pressure still exists. A well-known German news newspaper "Berliner Zeitung" published reports on September 10, saying that the German Federal Information Security Agency recommends that Internet users will give up the best IE browser, use other browser products such as Mozilla or Opera et al.
Mozilla browser can have this scale today, from some extent, it is purely an accident. After acquiring Netscape Communications online, Mozilla is launched as a Netscape browser that is an open source version of the Netscape browser, however, this move does not attract too much attention. A year ago Mozilla project peels out from the US online company, when most analysts believe that Mozilla browser will be forgotten by people.
However, things that have occurred let these analysts fall in glasses. A group of staff from the Foundation start building a new browser with a thousand volunteers in other corporate programmers and thousands of volunteers around the world. Small, faster, safer, and blocking the popping ads
Due to the shortage of funds, Mozilla begins to use an alternative way to promote browser versions for the consumer market. It has established www.spreadfirefox.com websites, relying on the efforts from volunteers to promote this product, including those who have their own websites to place this connection on their webpage. At the same time, it appeals to those users who have used the preview version of the Firefox browser to recommend their friends to help them download and install.
MITCHELL BAKER, chairman of Mozilla Foundation, said that once the official version of Firefox 1.0 is launched, it is expected to more than 10 million in a relatively short time, and its market share will have significant improvement. Is the Firefox performance better than IE? Those analysts compare these two browsers said that Firefox starts faster, and the speed of opening the web is faster. It has some features that IE did not have to browse, allowing users to create and manage web pages using TAB keys. The new version of IE also has a pop-up advertising blocking function, so Firefox is no longer dominant at this point.
However, it is difficult to determine if the Firefox is safer than IE. In fact, Firefox is also easy to infect viruses, but it is more likely to be a numerous hacker attack.
As far as the current situation, Microsoft's absolute monopoly in the browser market will not be subverted in a short period of time. Since IE is bundled in each window system, most people think that IE is a matter of course.
If Mozilla is able to win a market share, it is expected to be another banner of open source movement. At present, open source code Apache Web server software has been running on the world's 60% website, and the Linux operating system also occupies a share of 24% in the server market. (ENET / UTOO)
