Internet Explorer loses ground in Europe

AT Internet Institute said that despite the release of version 8, on the balance sheet in recent months does not support Internet Explorer in Europe.

The latest barometer AT Internet Institute Web browsers, the European market share of Internet Explorer is still decreasing. The browser is Microsoft's leading but reflecting a fall of nearly three percentage points between March and September 2009, with a market share increased from 64.6% to 62%. Meanwhile, Firefox increased by 27.8% to 28.4%, and Apple's Safari 3.3% to 4.3%.

At the foot of the podium European navigators found but not Opera Google Chrome at 2.8% against 1.4% six months earlier. Chrome steals fourth place at Opera that displays stability with 2.2%.

All browsers seem to take advantage of lower Internet Explorer, Opera except when the complaint in Europe will probably result in Ballot Screen in Windows is at the initiative of the Norwegian publisher. It will be interesting to see if that famous window multichoix to be offered to users through an update - while manufacturers have some freedom - will have any impact. In which case, IE could suffer.

AT Internet Institute cites the case of four European (twenty-three studies) or IE posted its biggest drop. These are Austria, Bulgaria, where the IE remains a leader, which is no longer the case in Hungary and Slovakia, where a swing top ranking was made in favor of Firefox.