'We're Huge in Finland!' Firefox Hits New High as IE7 Lags | Linux Today

‘We’re Huge in Finland!’ Firefox Hits New High as IE7 Lags

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2008

“Mozilla Firefox continued its slow but steady march against the
worldwide dominance of Microsoft Internet Explorer in 2007. Though
the open-source web browser continues to sit firmly in second place
behind IE, where it’s been for years, usage of Firefox is still on
the rise. The browser is even threatening to tip the scales in some
European countries — most likely thanks to the rapid
internationalization efforts made possible by the open-source
development model.

“New data from the French internet traffic analysis company XiTi
Monitor shows Firefox jumped a few percentage points in several
countries during 2007. Finland is the most Firefox-friendly
country…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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