Market adoption and usage share Internet Explorer
usage share of web browsers according statcounter
historical market share of internet explorer
the adoption rate of internet explorer seems closely related of microsoft windows, default web browser comes windows. since integration of internet explorer 2.0 windows 95 osr 1 in 1996, , after version 4.0 s release in 1997, adoption accelerated: below 20% in 1996, 40% in 1998, , on 80% in 2000. made microsoft winner in infamous first browser war against netscape. netscape navigator dominant browser during 1995 , until 1997, rapidly lost share ie starting in 1998, , slipped behind in 1999. integration of ie windows led lawsuit aol, netscape s owner, accusing microsoft of unfair competition. infamous case won aol late, internet explorer had become dominant browser.
internet explorer peaked during 2002 , 2003, 95% share. first notable competitor after beating netscape firefox mozilla, offshoot netscape.
firefox 1.0 had surpassed internet explorer 5 in 2005, firefox 1.0 @ 8 percent market share.
approximate usage on time based on various usage share counters averaged year overall, or fourth quarter, or last month in year depending on availability of reference.
according statcounter internet explorer s marketshare fell below 50% in september 2010. in may 2012, announced google chrome overtook internet explorer used browser worldwide.
industry adoption
browser helper objects used many search engine companies , third parties creating add-ons access services, such search engine toolbars. because of use of com, possible embed web-browsing functionality in third-party applications. hence, there number of internet explorer shells, , number of content-centric applications realplayer use internet explorer s web browsing module viewing web pages within applications.
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