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Firefox use growing around the world, study says
Macworld ^
| 07/12/2006
| Todd Weiss, Computerworld
Posted on 07/13/2006 4:58:01 AM PDT by Panerai
After a brief period of little growth this spring, The Mozilla Foundations open-source Firefox Web browser is again gaining ground on Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer (IE).
In its latest study on Web browser usage, Netherlands-based OneStat.com said Sunday that Firefox gained 1.14 percent in June and is now used by 12.93 percent of surfers. Thats up from 11.79 percent who used Firefox in May, while IE use declined by 2.12 percent to 83.05 percent.
We thought that Firefox growth had slowed down, said Niels Brinkman, a co-founder of OneStat.com. It seems its increasing again. Thats a little bit of a surprise to us.
The study results were released just before Mozilla.org released the first public beta of the next version of Firefox. Beta 1 of Firefox 2.0 was made public Tuesday.
Last November, OneStat.coms survey pegged Firefox browser usage globally at 11.51 percent, up 2.82 percent from April 2005. IE at the time had a global usage share of 85.45 percent, down 1.18 percent from April 2005.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browser; camino; firefox; ie; microsoft; mozilla; opera; safari
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posted on
07/13/2006 4:58:04 AM PDT
by
Panerai
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
07/13/2006 5:42:19 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Panerai
If someone hasn't tried Firefox there are two main advantages.
1. Its safer.
2. There are thousands of extensions that allow massive additional capabilities.
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posted on
07/13/2006 5:44:47 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
To: gondramB
I can't use it anymore for some reason. Every time I open the Firefox browser it crashes within 5 or 10 minutes. I make sure to update the version that I have whenever necessary but it doesn't help. It's a shame because I really enjoyed using Firefox, but now I have had to go back to IE, which I hate.
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posted on
07/13/2006 5:48:14 AM PDT
by
frankiep
(I respect Islamofacists more than the American left - at least they ADMIT that they hate the US.)
To: frankiep
>>I can't use it anymore for some reason. Every time I open the Firefox browser it crashes within 5 or 10 minutes. I make sure to update the version that I have whenever necessary but it doesn't help. It's a shame because I really enjoyed using Firefox, but now I have had to go back to IE, which I hate.<<
I've been seeing reports of this lately - did you by any chance install an extension that saved your session or allowed reopening of closed tabs?
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posted on
07/13/2006 5:53:52 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
To: gondramB
I don't think so. But I do remember installing an extension that was supposed to allow me to play the songs I have on my RealPlayer directly from the FF browser. It didn't work.
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:05:12 AM PDT
by
frankiep
(I respect Islamofacists more than the American left - at least they ADMIT that they hate the US.)
To: frankiep
>>I don't think so. But I do remember installing an extension that was supposed to allow me to play the songs I have on my RealPlayer directly from the FF browser. It didn't work.<<
That sounds like Foxy tunes - I've never used it for Realplayer but I use it all the time for Winamp and Itunes.
Possible solutions:
1. Uninstall and reinstall
2. Delete your profile and start a new profile\
Good luck,
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:07:39 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
To: gondramB
If someone hasn't tried Firefox there are two main advantages.
All I do is show people tabbed browsing and they are sold.
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:09:16 AM PDT
by
af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr
>>
All I do is show people tabbed browsing and they are sold.<<
I should have mentioned that - the ability to surf multiple sites and quickly change between them is a major draw.
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:11:56 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
Don't forget the AdBlock extension! Good for more than just ads. Find those goofy graphics that some Freepers insist on including in every post annoying? AdBlock the graphic. Ah, nice clean browsing...
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:17:55 AM PDT
by
whd23
To: Panerai
Firefox causes freeze ups on my iMac and the only way to clear it is to do a forced shutdown. I am not running any extensions that I know of. I am currently using Camino and have no problems except it won't let me rename links in the toolbar favorites. I can't find 'manage bookmarks'.
Safrai has short comings for my browsing. I have 7 browsers loaded...
Camino
Firefox
Netscape
Mozilla
Safri
Opera
IE
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:35:54 AM PDT
by
tubebender
(Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.)
To: frankiep
Frank,
I have seen this behavior on windows with many apps (though not with firefox)... Have you tried completely uninstalling Firefox then installing it again?
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:38:44 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
To: frankiep
Every time I open the Firefox browser it crashes within 5 or 10 minutes. It seems to be related to image processing. If you load multiple, image-heavy sites there must be some kind of memory leak, because within about 15 minutes all of the Firefox windows will lock up, forcing you to kill them with Task Manager (in Windows). If you stay on FR and Yahoo! all day, you won't notice any problems.
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:42:42 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Panerai
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:43:57 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce; N3WBI3
Ah it is a glorious day Comarads! The Summer offensive against the Capitalist Pig Closed source exploiters procedes in accordance with the five year Plan. We must notify Comarads Stallman, Raymond, and Torvalds that the revolution is gaining ground.
We shall soon have world domination!
See you guys at the next party meeting/purge. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
07/13/2006 7:49:45 AM PDT
by
Calvinist_Dark_Lord
(I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper)
To: whd23
Definitely...
RIP works just as well too...8^)
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posted on
07/13/2006 9:36:58 AM PDT
by
rzeznikj at stout
(ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Irish_Thatcherite
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posted on
07/13/2006 9:38:17 AM PDT
by
rzeznikj at stout
(ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord; rzeznikj at stout
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:04:18 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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