Country	Internet Explorer (all versions)	Firefox	Other (Safari, Opera, Netscape)
U.S.	86.64%	9.95%	3.45%
U.K.	88.78%	8.82%	2.40%
Spain	88.12%	9.86%	2.02%
Italy	84.76%	12.46%	2.78%
France	82.27%	14.89%	2.84%
Germany	65.04%	26.80%	8.16%

Source: Web Side Story, June 2006

Firefox Uber Alles

While Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has about 10 percent of the Internet browser market in the U.S., it's got more than one-fourth of the market in Germany, where Net users have always been early adopters of alternatives to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, says Web Side Story's Geoff Johnston. "Most of these gains appear to have come at the expense of Microsoft," he notes in a press release.

If Mozilla hopes for similar advances in the U.S. and elsewhere, time is of the essence. Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on the next version of Internet Explorer—and it's expected to boast many of the features that made Firefox famous.

Posted: 10/3/06

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