| Firefox tops 24% of Europe's browsing |
Apr. 19, 2007
 Firefox browser usage has increased substantially -- by nearly 5 percent -- in Europe over the past year, French web analyst firm XiTi reports. During the week of March 5 through 11, 2007, the open-source browser exceeded 24 percent share of Europe's browser market, according to the market researcher.
XiTi conducted the study between March 5 and March 11, 2007 over 91,663 web sites it audits. The results were compared to those for the week of 20 to 26 November 2006, the firm said.
"From 19.4 percent in the week of April 8 to 14, 2006, Firefox's use rate in Europe increased to 24.1 percent in the week of March 5 to 11, 2007," XiTi said.
According to XiTi, Slovenia (44.5 percent) and Finland (41.3 percent) use Firefox the most, while Croatia, Germany, and Slovakia each exceeded 35 percent.
The release of the browser's 2.0 version helped usage momentum, the firm said.
"Firefox 2.0 leaped forward on the week of its official launch between 23 and 29 October 2006 [representing] 3.7 per cent of internet visits generated in France against only 1.7 per cent for Internet Explorer 7," the report said.
"Firefox 2.0 continued to progress until the week of 13 to 19 November 2006 and achieved 7.2 per cent of visits, while Internet Explorer 7 attracted 3.3 per cent."
Use of Firefox in the United States still lags way behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer, with 15 percent of the browser market, according to at least one researcher.
In March 2007, web analyst Net Applications reported that Firefox had 15.1 percent of the market, up from 14.2 percent in February and 13.7 percent in January -- but still way behind Internet Explorer's 78.5 percent.
-- Chris Preimesberger
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