Mozilla has counted up statistics of Firefox

Noncommercial organisation Mozilla Foundation has published the analytical report about the statistican of use of browser Firefox.

State of the Web Browsers

The document under the name "State of the Internet" has been published in an official blog. According to the report, share of Firefox in the world makes about 30% (number of users more than 350 million persons).

For calculation of statistics Mozilla used average-arithmetic value of data: Quantcast, StatCounter, Gemius and Net Applications. Thus Mozilla has not included in statistics data about browser use in Antarctica because such data offers only StatCounter.

Web Browser Mozilla FireFox 3,7

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Google Chrome has grown at the expense of competitors

Popularity of web browser Google Chrome has grown in February, 2010 with 5,22 to 5,61%, writes ZDNet, referring on report Net Applications. In total from the beginning of year the web browser share has grown for one percent.

Microsoft Internet Explorer has lowered positions

The share of web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer has decreased for 0,5% in comparison with last month and has made 61,58%. Popularity Firefox has fallen with 24,41 to 24,23%, the share of web browser Apple Safari has made 4,45 in comparison with January 4,51%, and Opera — 2,35% (2,38% in January).

It is interesting, that in February popularity of browser Netscape has grown more than twice and has made 0,75%. Company AOL has officially stopped support Netscape since March, 1st, 2008.

Monthly supervision over users

The results received Net Applications, are based on monthly tracing of calling of 160 million unique users on 40,000 sites. These data are corrected by analysts depending on Internet audience size in each country.

In the beginning of March company Microsoft will start to send to users of OS Windows in Europe system updating in which will offer possibility to instal on a choice one of 11 popular browsers alternatively Internet Explorer. This measure is accepted Microsoft at the initiative of Eurocommission and can lead to the further decrease in a share of browser Microsoft.

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Browser Chrome wins a position

In January, 2010 the share of browser Google Chrome has grown 4,6-5,2%, writes ZDNet referring to research Net Applications. At the same time share Internet Explorer has decreased 62,69-62,18%, and Firefox — 24,61-24,41%.

Firefox loses positions

Shares of other browsers have changed slightly. Thus, on Chrome the users before working with Internet Explorer and Firefox have passed. Thus share Firefox decreases the second month successively.

The most popular browser, under version Net Applications, became Internet Explorer 8.0, for the first time bypassed the sixth version. Their shares in the market make, accordingly, 22,31 and 20,07%. On third place Firefox 3.5 — 17,1% of users.

Windows in leaders!

Also Net Applications has presented the January report on prevalence of operational systems. 92,2% of this market were won by operational systems of family Windows, and last version, Windows 7, for the first time has stepped over a ten-percentage threshold. Further there are OS for computers Apple — 5,13% and systems on the basis of kernel Linux — 1,02%. It is necessary to notice, that share Windows continues to decrease slightly.

The results received Net Applications, are based on tracing of calling on 40,000 sites of 160 million unique users a month. Then these data are corrected on the basis of the size of an Internet audience in each country.

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Release of new browser Firefox 3.6

Noncommercial organisation Mozilla announced on January, 21st the new version of browser Firefox. In a browser are included new and some old functions are improved.

Firefox 3.6 became faster

Firefox 3.6 for 20% faster the previous version displays web pages, and also processes scenarios JavaScript faster. Developers assert, that, besides, Firefox 3.6 became stabler, than Firefox 3.5. Also in a browser the system of updating of plug-ins is improved and the mechanism of change of "lungs" by that of registration without browser reboot is included.

New version Firefox supports reproduction of video by means HTML5. In addition to support of fonts OpenType and TrueType the browser can work now with a web format of open fonts WOFF. In CSS support of linear and radial gradients was added.

Browser Firefox — the most popular in the world!

Firefox 3.6 works in Windows, Mac OS X and systems on the basis of kernel Linux. The browser is translated on 70 languages. Browser Firefox — the most widespread alternative browser in the world. Mozilla use more than 350 million users.

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Microsoft has found out vulnerability in Internet Explorer

Microsoft has found out vulnerability in Internet Explorer, allowing hackers to get remote access to the computer of a victim. On it it is informed on a company site. It have appeared vulnerability all existing versions of a browser, except IE 5.01 c Service Pack 4, installed on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 are subject almost.

Internet Explorer 6 — in danger!

While, according to site Microsoft, dangers are subject to version IE 6 Service Pack 1 under Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, IE 6, IE 7 and IE 8, working on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Investigation has shown, that for today the limited number of attempts of use of the found out vulnerability is registered. In most cases users Internet Explorer 6 were exposed to attack. Engineers Microsoft work over elimination of vulnerability and promise to correct defect in the near future.

According to research Xpnet (Exo.performance.network), belonging Devil Mountain Software, browser Internet Explorer uses more than 80% of owners of office computers where this program is installed on-default. Experts have made such conclusions having analysed weekly arriving data from 21,000 computers with installed statistical utility Devil Mountain Software.

Firefox — the most dangerous browser!

As the most vulnerable browser till now continues to be considered Firefox. According to the report of American company Cenzic, in first half of 2009 on this browser it was necessary 44% of all found defects.

Also authors of the report noticed, that similar to vulnerability make only 8% from the general number of threats. Web appendices appear the most full of holes in respect of safety usually, that partly proves to be true recent network attack on Google in which course vulnerability Adobe Reader — programs for reading of files in format PDF has been used.

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