The pair have been neck and neck all year, but this sort of equilibrium rarely lasts for long. However, the battle between Firefox and Edge further down the rankings is delicately poised. Each products score is calculated with real-time data from verified user reviews, to help you make the best choice between. By contrast, Internet Explorer rates 2.8/5 stars with 264 reviews. Chrome rates 4.7/5 stars with 1,434 reviews. So it came as no surprise that the new browser accumulated over 60 million downloads in the first nine months of its existence. based on preference data from user reviews. No browser is positioned to challenge the lead of Google Chrome in the near future, short of regulatory reform that blocks Google from drawing advantage from its positions in the search, collaboration and OS markets. Firefox was faster, more secure, and arguably better looking than Explorer. It has also been vocal about its disapproval of reform to online advertising proposed by Google, which it sees as equally invasive as third-party cookies. On top of privacy-centric features for Firefox, the company has rolled out a range of new privacy products, including a VPN service. Perhaps sensing it cannot compete with Microsoft and Google when it comes to features, Mozilla’s favored battleground is now data privacy. The fact Firefox managed to retake third position from Edge last month (with a share of 3.45%) is a victory of sorts, but will be cold comfort for anyone who remembers a time in which Mozilla enjoyed a whopping 30% of the market, behind only Internet Explorer. MSHTML debuted with the release of Internet Explorer 4 in 1997. According to Statcounter, the browser has either lost or maintained market share in ten of the last twelve months. Trident (also known as MSHTML) is a proprietary browser engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft. Mozilla, meanwhile, has found it difficult to pull Firefox out of a downward spiral that now extends back a number of years. Although the Edge market share is up on the 3.08% held in January, there has been only a 0.1% change in the last six months. However, despite the company’s best efforts, the growth of Edge has stalled since the turn of the year, in part due to the pool of Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy users running dry, many of whom have now already made the transition. 30.7 31.1 38.2 11.8 Information Technology and Services 11.0 4.7 Banking 3.9 Financial Services 3.5 Other 65. The growth of Microsoft’s new flagship can be attributed to a range of factors, including renewed marketing efforts and a commitment to making improvements that bring the experience in line with other modern browsers. Reviewers of Chrome were most often representing companies in the Small-Business segment, while reviewers for Internet Explorer were more commonly in the Enterprise segment. In May, Edge even overtook Firefox in the rankings for the first time. Since its re-release in January 2020, Microsoft Edge has gone from strength to strength and now holds 3.4% of the market.
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