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Since its initial release in 2004, 'market adoption of Mozilla Firefox' has increased rapidly. Currently Firefox is the second most used browser worldwide.
Web-surfers have adopted Firefox rapidly, despite the availability of Internet Explorer on all Microsoft Windows PCs. Internet Explorer has seen a steady decline of its usage share since Firefox's release. According to several sources (as listed in statistics reference), by July 2006, Firefox had around 12% of global usage share, and by mid January 2007, 14%.[1]
Europe, according to a study released by the firm XiTi on 2007-07-18, generally had higher percentages of Firefox use, with an average of 28%. The highest usage is in Slovenia (about 47.9% as of July 2007).[2]
Downloads have continued at an increasing rate since Firefox 1.0 was released in November 2004. No other Mozilla Foundation product has experienced such growth.[3]
These numbers do not include downloads using software updates or from third-party websites.[14] They do not represent a user count, as one download may be installed on many machines, or one person may download the software multiple times. According to Mozilla employee Asa Dotzler, Firefox had about 110 million users as of August 2007.[15]
Since the pre-1.0 stages, several well-known websites and web applications, including Gmail, have supported (and in some cases, required) the use of Firefox. Since March 30, 2005, the Google search engine has utilized the link prefetching feature of Firefox for faster searching. Google, Inc. also recommends Firefox as the browser for its Blogger.com weblog service.[16] On May 18, 2005, eBay announced support for Firefox for its eBay Picture Manager.[17] In 2006, Microsoft released a Firefox-compatible Windows Genuine Advantage browser plug-in.[18]
Search engine companies including Google, Yahoo! and A9.com now also offer Firefox extensions for accessing their services, in addition to their original Internet Explorer add-ons. Google has released four Extensions for Firefox,[19] further affirming the company's interest in Firefox.
During the FOSDEM 2005 conference, Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, noted that Firefox has had more success in the consumer market than with institutions.[20] He also theorized that pressure from Microsoft caused institutions who had adopted Firefox to remain silent about it.
Some observers, such as Serdar Yegulalp of TechTarget[21] and Jim Rapooza of eWEEK[22] note that Firefox does not provide tools that make institutional deployment easier, such as a client customization kit (which Mozilla has since released[23]) or Microsoft Installer (MSI) packages. Furthermore, they note that Firefox does not support some technologies that are sometimes used in institutional environments, such as ActiveX.
While institutions may not be actively deploying Firefox in large numbers, more and more are allowing their employees to install Firefox, according to JupiterResearch. They found that in 2006, 44% of companies with more than 200 employees allowed Firefox on their employees' systems, compared with 26% in 2005.[24]
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2. Usage share Mozilla Firefox in Slovenia has increased according to XiTi
3. Firefox and more: the graphs (part 1). ''Asa Dotzler's weblog''.
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5. firefox 25,000,000
6. celebrating 50 million firefox downloads
7. Firefox Exceeds 75 million Downloads
8. firefox hits one hundred million downloads
9. 150 million and counting!
10. Firefox 200 Million Downloads - what it means
11. 250000000 downloads!
12. Firefox: 300 million+ downloads
13. Four Hundred Million Firefox Downloads
14. http://feeds.spreadfirefox.com/downloads/firefox.xml
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16. Where can I upgrade my browser? ''Blogger Help''.
17. eBay Picture Manager Enhancements. ''eBay''.
18.
19. http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/extensions/index.html
20. Firefox sneaks into the enterprise. ''ZDNet UK''.
21. How to switch an enterprise from IE to Firefox Serdar Yegulalp
22. Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Jim Rapooza
23. Firefox 1.5 CCK (Client Customization Kit) Wizard
24. IE7 vs. Firefox 2.0: Why This Browser Battle Matters To Businesses J. Nicholas Hoover
| Contents |
| Usage share |
| Download count |
| Industry adoption |
| Institutional adoption |
| References |
Usage share
Usage share of Mozilla Firefox over time
A graph of Firefox 1.x and 2.x cumulative downloads in millions
A graph of Firefox 1.x and 2.x download rate in thousands per day
Web-surfers have adopted Firefox rapidly, despite the availability of Internet Explorer on all Microsoft Windows PCs. Internet Explorer has seen a steady decline of its usage share since Firefox's release. According to several sources (as listed in statistics reference), by July 2006, Firefox had around 12% of global usage share, and by mid January 2007, 14%.[1]
Europe, according to a study released by the firm XiTi on 2007-07-18, generally had higher percentages of Firefox use, with an average of 28%. The highest usage is in Slovenia (about 47.9% as of July 2007).[2]
Download count
Downloads have continued at an increasing rate since Firefox 1.0 was released in November 2004. No other Mozilla Foundation product has experienced such growth.[3]
| Date | Number of days | Downloads (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2004 | 1 | 1[4] |
| February 16, 2005 | 99 | 25[5] |
| April 29, 2005 | 171 | 50[6] |
| July 26, 2005 | 259 | 75[7] |
| October 19, 2005 | 344 | 100[8] |
| March 3, 2006 | 479 | 150[9] |
| July 31, 2006 | 629 | 200[10] |
| November 11, 2006 | 732 | 250[11] |
| February 12, 2007 | 825 | 300[12] |
| September 7, 2007 | 1032 | 400[13] |
These numbers do not include downloads using software updates or from third-party websites.[14] They do not represent a user count, as one download may be installed on many machines, or one person may download the software multiple times. According to Mozilla employee Asa Dotzler, Firefox had about 110 million users as of August 2007.[15]
Industry adoption
Since the pre-1.0 stages, several well-known websites and web applications, including Gmail, have supported (and in some cases, required) the use of Firefox. Since March 30, 2005, the Google search engine has utilized the link prefetching feature of Firefox for faster searching. Google, Inc. also recommends Firefox as the browser for its Blogger.com weblog service.[16] On May 18, 2005, eBay announced support for Firefox for its eBay Picture Manager.[17] In 2006, Microsoft released a Firefox-compatible Windows Genuine Advantage browser plug-in.[18]
Search engine companies including Google, Yahoo! and A9.com now also offer Firefox extensions for accessing their services, in addition to their original Internet Explorer add-ons. Google has released four Extensions for Firefox,[19] further affirming the company's interest in Firefox.
Institutional adoption
During the FOSDEM 2005 conference, Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, noted that Firefox has had more success in the consumer market than with institutions.[20] He also theorized that pressure from Microsoft caused institutions who had adopted Firefox to remain silent about it.
Some observers, such as Serdar Yegulalp of TechTarget[21] and Jim Rapooza of eWEEK[22] note that Firefox does not provide tools that make institutional deployment easier, such as a client customization kit (which Mozilla has since released[23]) or Microsoft Installer (MSI) packages. Furthermore, they note that Firefox does not support some technologies that are sometimes used in institutional environments, such as ActiveX.
While institutions may not be actively deploying Firefox in large numbers, more and more are allowing their employees to install Firefox, according to JupiterResearch. They found that in 2006, 44% of companies with more than 200 employees allowed Firefox on their employees' systems, compared with 26% in 2005.[24]
References
1. IE7 being caught by Firefox despite 100 million installations
2. Usage share Mozilla Firefox in Slovenia has increased according to XiTi
3. Firefox and more: the graphs (part 1). ''Asa Dotzler's weblog''.
4. 1,000,000+ downloads on day 1
5. firefox 25,000,000
6. celebrating 50 million firefox downloads
7. Firefox Exceeds 75 million Downloads
8. firefox hits one hundred million downloads
9. 150 million and counting!
10. Firefox 200 Million Downloads - what it means
11. 250000000 downloads!
12. Firefox: 300 million+ downloads
13. Four Hundred Million Firefox Downloads
14. http://feeds.spreadfirefox.com/downloads/firefox.xml
15. does a headline create truth?
16. Where can I upgrade my browser? ''Blogger Help''.
17. eBay Picture Manager Enhancements. ''eBay''.
18.
19. http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/extensions/index.html
20. Firefox sneaks into the enterprise. ''ZDNet UK''.
21. How to switch an enterprise from IE to Firefox Serdar Yegulalp
22. Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Jim Rapooza
23. Firefox 1.5 CCK (Client Customization Kit) Wizard
24. IE7 vs. Firefox 2.0: Why This Browser Battle Matters To Businesses J. Nicholas Hoover
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