IE7 uptake stalls

How will the next-generation browsers IE 8 and Firefox 3.0 perform ?

Interest in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 7 has stagnated, a pair of metrics vendors that track browser usage said today. Within weeks of its October 2006 launch, IE7 accounted for nearly 10% of all browsers used on the Web, reported Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Net Applications in its latest look at browser use. Over the next three months, IE7 posted month-to-month gains that ranged from 4% to almost 10%, so that by the end of February, it owned 29.1% of the market. Since then, however, it's taken two months to grow another point and a half.

The plateauing of IE7 is both striking and no surprise, said Geoff Johnston, an analyst at rival metrics firm WebSideStory. "In the last three months, IE7's growth has slowed to a trickle," said Johnston. "IE7 has a decent enough number -- 31% as of last week -- but IE6 is still higher, at 46%-47%."

Net Applications' numbers match those of WebSideStory.

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