Firefox and browser stats

Has anyone else noticed an increase in the number of people using Firefox/Mozilla in their stats recently? I realise that there is a huge Spread Firefox campaign currently going on and the number of bloggers/internet interested people account for some of the increase.

But there has been a spike in my stats this week because of the return of a UK television series - those searching for the lady in question are from the general internet population, yet over the past few weeks I’ve seen the browser share for Internet Explorer drop from 86+% to 75%:

If you’re still wondering whether to make the jump, here’s an idea - you can download the Firefox browser and install it (it’s easier than sneezing, honest) then run it alonside Internet Explorer for a while. Take time to see which you prefer. I’m betting you’ll be switching permanently to Firefox before the week is up.

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5 Responses to “Firefox and browser stats”

Fluffy
September 24th, 2004 12:09
1

people keep leaving comments saying my blog looks cack in firefox i think!
so i have The Fear.

*shudders*
Daisy
September 24th, 2004 12:14
2

Looks fine to me but I’m using Firefox 1.0PR and I’m finding quite a few sites that used to look odd in 0.9 now look great. Go tell ‘em to get the latest version!
jo
September 24th, 2004 14:19
3

Shall we begin taking bets now on how soon MSIE releases tabbed browsing??
Katherine
September 24th, 2004 21:01
4

‘I tried Firefox and had turned to it permanently within 5 minutes’

Katherine, 26, Leeds

(I was thinking the same thing as Jo too)
zeno
September 27th, 2004 09:07
5

Is she back on??? Oh yesssss