Firefox Gains on Internet Explorer in SMB Browser Market

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Firefox Gains on Internet Explorer in SMB Browser Market

7:20 am on March 19, 2007 | Category: Business, Web Services, Software

Mozilla Firefox, a popular open-source web browser, is gaining fast on leading rival, Internet Explorer, in the small to medium-sized business (SMB) sector, according to a recent survey by Toronto-based tracking and billing provider, FreshBooks.

Firefox’s share of the SMB market increased by 1.35% in February alone to reach 38.95%, while Internet Explorer saw its share drop 0.73% to 56.95%.

The survey, which involved a total of over 140,000 small to mid-sized businesses, also indicated that Firefox users were are inclined to upgrade to the latest version, with Firefox 2.0 users now outnumbering their v1.5 counterparts by a ratio of almost 3 to 1. By contrast, Internet Explorer 7 users are still easily outnumbered by those using older versions of the Microsoft browser.