Safari, Firefox Market Share Slipped in May

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Safariis market share dipped noticeably in May along with Firefox, while Microsoftis Internet Explorer reversed its steady decline. Appleis Web browser ended the month with a 2.53 percent market share, down from Aprilis 3.30 percent. According to statistics from Market Share, Firefox slipped from 10.68 percent in April to 9.58 percent.

Internet Explorer rose from 83.88 percent to 85.89 percent. Exploreris market share has been generally declining over the past year, but occasionally shows a small increase. The last increase was in January of this year when it inched up to 85.31 percent from December 2005is 85.05 percent.

In comparison, Safari and Firefox have been on a slow upward trend over the past year.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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