Microsoft IE8 ignores 1/3 browser market

Microsoft officially released Internet Explorer 8 on Thursday, March 20 Beijing time. According to the analysis, IE8 ignores 1/3 of the browser market, and Microsoft does not intend to regain lost ground through IE8.

The IE 8 browser has made a number of improvements, including color tags, "accelerator" plug-ins, search and website recommendations, toolbar favorites, WebSlice favorites, and "inPrivate" private browsing modes.

Early evaluations showed that IE8 is still slower than other browsers, but it is better than IE7.

Browser speed is very important. If the speed is slow, other functions are insignificant. For example, if the loading time is too long, it is difficult for the WebSlice favorites service to be applied. Internet Explorer's market share has continued to decline over the past few years, mainly because Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera and other browsers are doing better in terms of speed. The speed of IE8 is still to be further tested by an independent third party. However, it seems that speed is not the strength of IE8.

Microsoft's previous strategy was to focus on established user groups and ignore other groups. IE8 also reflects this idea. If you no longer use IE, then IE8 is not enough to let the user back, and Microsoft knows this clearly. For example, Microsoft has abandoned Internet Explorer for Mac, and IE8 is no exception. Despite the increasing share of Mac computers in the computer market, Microsoft still shows no signs of launching Mac version IE8.

According to Net Apps, IE currently shares 67% of the browser market, but this number is declining. Firefox and Safari share 22% and 8% respectively, and Chrome shares about 1%. Fast speed is not the only advantage of these browsers. Many other features of these browsers also need to be learned by IE.

Microsoft has not followed the lost 1/3 browser market. Microsoft should change this strategy, otherwise it will lose more and more shares.

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