Comments on: Is Internet Explorer’s fate tied to Windows7?

By: Monday Morning Blues [09th Nov 09] | Devils Workshop

Monday Morning Blues [09th Nov 09] | Devils Workshop — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:36:34 +0000

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By: Rajesh Kanuri

Rajesh Kanuri — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:46:05 +0000

i can say yes ..

By: Dnyanesh Mankar

Dnyanesh Mankar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:54:06 +0000

@Aditya: I got your point but its valid only when Chrome OS has a significant market share. When there are operating systems like Windows, OS X and other linux distros, I doubt the fast growth of Chrome OS. Chrome is still competing by running on all the three major operating systems. But the fact that Chrome OS will hurt Internet explorer more than Firefox is pointless. Firefox has toiled for many years to reach this stage. Maybe chrome will require some less time but it won’t be the sole competition to IE.

By: taranfx

taranfx — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:58 +0000

IE already lost Huge maret share in september, and October. No doubt it’s dead. wrote a blog on this a while back. “Vista, Bing, IE Lose Market Share; Windows 7, Google Gains” google it

By: Rahul

Rahul — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:41:40 +0000

No one can say. If Microsoft bing and baidu can gain little search market share. Off Course chrome can also rise some what and hurt internet explorer market ultimately. Their is huge fight going on to attract new customers in every field.

By: Aditya Kane

Aditya Kane — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:39:13 +0000

@Dnyanesh: Thats my point exactly. Hence Chrome users will affect IE instead of Firefox. Most users who use the internet are not techie enough to try out new browsers and hence use what they have by default. That why IE has such a huge market. If some of them move to Chrome OS, they will end up using Chrome browser automatically. People who are using Firefox will not bother with what OS they are using, they will still use Firefox. So whatever dent Chrome OS will make, it will do so at IE’s expense.
@Sourish: Safari is more Mac specific atleast that is the perception. Hence even its numbers rise and fall with sales of Mac. You may notice how its numbers are almost the same every month.

By: Sourish Nath

Sourish Nath — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:11:18 +0000

I agree with Dnyanesh .Chrome has yet to make many improvements before it can surpass Safari or any other browser.

By: Dnyanesh

Dnyanesh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:57:50 +0000

I don’t think Chrome will hurt Internet Explorer’s browser share when Chrome OS is launched. I agree that Chrome is steadily rising but we should not forget that it hasn’t even crossed Safari’s browser share yet. Chrome has a long way to go. I think there will be a less number of users who will use Chrome OS as their primary OS. The immediate threat to IE is Firefox. Period.

By: Aditya Kane

Aditya Kane — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:48:35 +0000

If Windows 7 is a huge success then IE might stop the fall in numbers it is experiencing. If you notice that the fall has been experienced since early 2007 when Vista was released. Because Vista was unsuccessful and people preferred to stay on XP, IE market share started to nose dive. Hence I strongly feel Windows 7 and IE will have a common fate whatever it turns out to be.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:09:42 +0000

Windows seven is going to be huge success after windows xp. And internet explorer will no lose market share, i guess.