New Netscape, Mozilla browsers no match for IE
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) continues its dominance of the Web browser market, despite recent releases by open source challenger Mozilla and its commercial sibling, Netscape 7.0, which was finalized today. According to a twice-yearly study by market researcher StatMarket, IE now controls 96 percent of the market, up from 87 percent a year ago. Netscape, meanwhile, has fallen off the charts, with just 3.4 percent of the market, down from 7 percent in March and 13 percent a year ago. And competent newcomer Mozilla, which recently saw a critical 1.0 release after years in beta, has managed to attract less than 1 percent of the market. A more recent Mozilla 1.1 release improves performance and adds a few new features.