Firefox Takes the Reins of Browsers in Europe
Firefox surpassed Internet Explorer in the leadership of the European market of browsers. This is the first time that the Microsoft application lost the top position in a big market, says a research firm, StatCounter.
In December, the open source browser Mozilla stayed with 38.1% of European market, while IE backed off the slice with 37.5% and Chrome gained share from 5.1% to 14.6%. This seems to be happening because the Chrome is stealing IE market share while Firefox is keeping its existing share, said Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter’s Chief Executive in a statement.
We’re probably seeing the impact of the agreement between the authorities of the European Commission and Microsoft, who went on to offer European users choice of browsers from March last year, said Cullen. According to StatCounter, Overall, the participation of IE fell to 46.9% in December, while Firefox stayed with 30.8% and Chrome with 14.9%.