Firefox 4 Leading IE9 in Downloads

Not that surprising. But, they are both good browsers, and I never thought I would say that about IE, ever! But, M$ has done a lot to clean up the IE badness!

Firefox 4 leads IE9 in downloads and usage

“Firefox 4, which launched last week, has attracted considerable interest among technology enthusiasts. The browser was downloaded 7.1 million times during the first day of availability alone. It passed 15 million downloads within the first 48 hours and is currently nearing 40 million total downloads.

By comparison, Microsoft’s recently-launched Internet Explorer 9 only netted 2.5 million downloads during its first 24 hours. Firefox 4 is also outpacing Internet Explorer 9 in actual usage, according to statistics provided by StatCounter and Net Applications. They show that Firefox 4 usage represents between 4 and 5 percent of the total browser market whereas Internet Explorer 9 is hovering between 1 and 2 percent.

It’s worth noting that neither browser has been rolled out to regular end users via the standard update channels yet—the statistics are based entirely on voluntary downloads by early adopters. Mozilla’s Asa Dotzler attributes the early popularity of Firefox 4 to strong grassroots support from the browser’s vocal community of independent advocates.

Firefox’s cross-platform footprint and backwards compatibility with Windows XP—which isn’t supported by IE9—may also have played a role in boosting Firefox’s momentum out of the starting gate.”

Microsoft Bashes Google, Announces IE10 Plans

According to Microsoft, “Google stinks, Chrome stinks, Chrome OS WILL stink!” Yeah, right! All you are showing is that you fear the Google! But, Microsoft does appear to be taking HTML5 and the new IE 10 development very seriously!

Microsoft debuts IE10, announces PDC 2011 dates

“The wait is over. Microsoft’s MIX11 conference kicked off today in Las Vegas, with Dean Hachamovitch’s opening keynote. Hachamovitch is a Microsoft corporate vice president and the man with a plan when it comes to Internet Explorer.

During MIX10, Hachamovitch debuted the IE9 platform, which got its official release last month. Today, along with Windows divisional president Steven Sinofksy, he debuted IE10 platform. ‘We’re about three weeks into development of IE10,’ Hachamovitch said. Hachamovitch’s clothing foreshadowed what was coming, about half-way through the keynote. He wore a T-Shirt with ‘Ten,’ where the Internet Explorer logo replaced the ‘e.’ In another surprise move, Hachamovitch announced that an IE10 preview is available now at the Internet Explorer Test Drive website.”

Here’s a link, for the adventurous: Internet Explorer Test Drive

“The IE10 demo compared to Chrome, too. Considering Firefox has considerably more usage share than Chrome, the Google whacking says something about which is the greater competitor from Microsoft’s perspective. Google launched Chrome 1.0 in December 2008. Version 11 already is beta testing. Meanwhile Microsoft revved two IE versions, which will soon be confronted not just with a Google browser but Chrome OS.”

Cisco Closing it’s Flip Camera Division

Cisco bought Flip just two years ago for $590 million dollars, but it is leaving the consumer market, never it’s strong suit, and focusing on it’s real strengths. They plan to keep the “Flipshare” web site open a little longer, but it is not clear how long, or whether they will sell the Flip company, or simply close it down.

Shame. It was a pretty neat product. Also, Cisco will be laying off 550 people. Ouch!