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Firefox hits 20% share as testers tickle 'pr0n mode'

by Marianna Schmudlach Nov 5, 2008 3:32AM PST

Mozilla gets its jiggy on

By Kelly Fiveash

5th November 2008

Popular browser Firefox has snatched more than 20 per cent market share during two separate weeks in October, according to new statistics.

Net Applications, which compiled the data, claimed that Mozilla?s web browser crossed the significant threshold for the week starting 5 October, and, since then, has continued to float around the 20 per cent mark.

At the same time, Microsoft?s Internet Explorer has lost ground. It now holds around 71 per cent market share in the hotly contested browser wars. Whether that will change when the firm brings out IE8 remains to be seen, however.

Mozilla released Firefox 3 into an enthusiastic market in June this year. Meanwhile, IE8 is expected to land sometime in January 2009.

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/05/firefox_market_share_private_browsing/