Microsoft Internet Explorer defeated

From Google browser to the IE8.0 browser launched by Microsoft this March, a browser-initiated revolution is quietly underway. Industry insiders said that for it vendors, the future is not important for the development of the operating system to occupy the user's desktop, but to occupy the user's browser.

　　Microsoft IE market share Innovation low

The latest statistics show that despite Microsoft's launch of the IE8.0 browser, but still failed to prevent the Internet Explorer browser market share decline in the trend. This April, IE market share fell 0.72%, creating a 10-year low.

Microsoft IE Browser April's market share was 66.1%, lower than last month's 66.82%. In stark contrast, Microsoft's rivals are in a rising trend. The most robust of all is Mozilla's Firefox browser, which has increased its market share to 22.48%, continuing to press Microsoft. Another competitor, Apple's Safari browser, dropped to 8.21% from 8.23%, despite a slight drop in market share, but that figure was still larger than the 8.02% in February.

Experts say Microsoft needs to do more to promote IE8.0 browsers. At the current rate, Firefox will take more than 5 years to catch up with IE's market share. Microsoft still has time. However, Microsoft cannot make more mistakes, after all, the current market share of IE browsers has been hovering around the low 10 lows.

　　Domestic developers complain about the sound

At the moment, Microsoft's troubles are not only to save the slumping market share, but also to face accusations from domestic browser developers. A few days ago, domestic browser manufacturers have also begun to criticize Microsoft for its operating system and browser core to open up more than 10 years before the setback.

Tang, founder of the Candy Browser, said that in the Internet era, Microsoft's open interface was not as good as it was before, and it was quite different from a proactive opening 10 years ago. In addition, even open documents are not systematic and arbitrary.

It is reported that the current browser market, mainly IE, Firefox, Google and Oper, including IE Kernel browser accounted for the absolute market share, and most of the domestic browser, such as proud Tour, TT, 360 security browser, including Candy browser are using IE kernel.

In addition, the openness of Firefox and Google browsers is increasingly popular with software developers, and programmers from around the world have developed tens of thousands of plug-ins for both browsers, greatly enhancing the usability and usability of browsers, as well as a significant number of users.

　　Rivals to step up siege

Perhaps it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Microsoft's rivals to speed up their catch-up pace. Mozilla has released the Firefox 3.5beta4 version, which has improved some of the design of open source browsers, including improved browser performance, new network programming features, and a private browsing model.

Compared to the previous Firefox 3.0.x, the improved Firefox 3.5beta4 uses a faster Tracemonkey engine to run a Web site's T program, a built-in JSON for exchanging data between servers and browsers, a content description tag that supports audio and video, and a private browsing model to completely erase browsing records; User location technology, support Webworker in the browser background processing data technology, without going back to the Web application UI.

Almost at the same time, Google declared itself to be the default location service provider for Firefox. This means that in the latest beta version of Firefox, users can upgrade their location directly from the browser without having to install additional plug-ins or install any programs via Google.

There are signs that the competition in the browser market is becoming increasingly white-hot. And once a solo show of Microsoft is facing unprecedented difficulties, four siege. It remains to be seen whether the IE8.0, which has been given high hopes, can reproduce the glories of IE5 10 years ago.