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“Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, marked the public release of a test version of Internet Explorer 9 at an event in San Francisco,” Bass reports. “The software offers support for HTML 5 technology and loads pages faster.”
“Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market has fallen to 60 percent from 74 percent about two years earlier, as Firefox, Chrome and Safari gain ground, according to Net Applications,” Bass reports. “With Chrome usage up sevenfold, Microsoft needs to ensure that users keep their focus on the Windows operating system, rather than run programs through Google’s browser, said Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, a research firm in Kirkland, Washington… Market share for Firefox, made by Mozilla Corp., rose to 23 percent last month from 19 percent about two years earlier, according to Net Applications, which tracks Internet usage statistics. Chrome jumped to 7.5 percent from 1.1 percent, and Safari climbed to 5.2 percent from 2.8 percent.”
Bass reports, “Internet Explorer’s HTML 5 support delivers high-quality video playback faster and lets users do things like open a virtual book and flip through its pages. The set of technologies may eventually replace Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash and Microsoft’s competing Silverlight, Rosoff said.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward W.” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Mac users spared once again, thankfully, but keep promoting HTML5, Derivativesoft!
The best Mac browser is Safari 5.