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On the Right Track: IE 8 World’s Most-Used Browser

Thursday, February 04, 2010 by Administrator

With all the security risks and issues that Microsoft is dealing with in regards to Internet Explorer 6, it's good to see they have something to cheer about.

Net Applications released their browser market share report for January, showing IE 8 has taken a 27.9% usage share on Windows and a 25.6% market share across all OS's. On Window's blog site windowsteamblog.com, a post reads:

"We launched just less than a year ago, so it's both humbling and thrilling to see so many people choose our product so quickly - making it the most popular browser of choice worldwide. There are many reasons people choose which browser to use. Most people want to know and trust the company behind their browser. And people are looking a browser that protects them - and their privacy online."

The post also goes on to explain that criminal activity is a serious threat in today's digital community, and with the Phishing Filter introduced with IE 7 (and now improved in IE 8), the browser brand has blocked a total of over 125 million phishing sites.

Towards the end, the blog also "supports this recommendation to move of IE 6," claiming that "IE 8 brings benefits for customers and developers alike."

Hit the link for the post as well as a link to Net Applications' research.

Until Next Time -

Matthew Hymel

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