Internet Explorer losing market share

[ukbobboy01]

Dear Forum Members

It's suggested by some specialist polling companies that IE is slowly but surely loosing usage ground to other browsers, in particular Firefox.

I know that I have moved away from general browsing, over the past 4 - 6 months, from IE to FF because IE is a much bigger target for hackers when it comes to installing malware on an unsuspecting user's PC.

Also, for IE a user has to depend on MS's built-in safety features while with FF you can add all the safety features you need from the range of add-ons available. I also like the fact that FF to will automatically virus-scan your downloads (as long as you have an AV installed on your system), I am not sure whether this feature is available in any of the other browsers.

Suffice to say, I personally prefer to use the resource hungry FF to do general browsing and only use IE as a back-up browser.


Here's the URL: BBC News - Microsoft's Internet Explorer losing browser share


UK Bob