| Firefox releases 2nd 1.5 beta, tops 11% marketshare |
Nov. 02, 2005
 The Mozilla project Wednesday released another beta version of the Firefox 1.5 browser, one that fixes a number of security bugs and includes improved pop-up ad blocking, faster Web navigation features, and added support for Mac OS X.
The first v1.5 test version was released on Sept. 9. The final 1.5 version will be released later this month or in early December, Mozilla products manager Chris Beard told Ziff Davis Internet.
Firefox, which marked its 100 millionth download on Oct. 19, continues to gain market share slowly but steadily.
Growing market share
OneStat.com, an Internet traffic analyst and consultant, reported that Firefox's piece of the worldwide browser market has now topped the 11 percent mark -- up more than 3 percent from six months ago. Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates, however, at 85 percent. Netscape, Opera, Safari (for Macintosh), and several others make up the remainder of the market.
Worldwide and US web browser market share
(Source: OneStat.com)
"The global usage share of Mozilla's browsers is still growing, and it seems that Netscape users and some Internet Explorer users are switching to the Firefox version," OneStat.com reported Wednesday.
Version 1.5 Beta 2 download
The v1.5 Beta 2 download is now available for free download here.
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