IE Dropping, Now Near 70% In Europe

Kevin Spiritus lets us know that XiTi Monitor, a French Web survey institute, has published its browser barometer for July, and Internet Explorer continues to lose ground. "The ascension of Firefox continues... Nearly 28% average use rate in Europe in the beginning of July 2007, with a progression in the totality of the 32 European countries studied. Firefox doesn't loose ground in any of the countries."

It doesn't loose any ground?

[antifoidulus]

Damn pheonixes, not doing the digging I paid them to do!

I'm Loosing My Mind!

[asphaltjesus]

/. needs to put the grammar nazis to better use.

Re:How is this not a dupe?

[iamdrscience]

No, no, the story that was posted earlier this week was about this study. This story is the study. Even though they have the exact same data, they're entirely different: This one has graphs!

Europe

[smith6174]

In Europe people are smarter and do things better. Deal with it.

Re:It doesn't loose any ground?

[Aladrin]

Nono, I think they mean to say that Firefox doesn't fight dirty and throw dirt (loose ground) at the opponents.

loose any ground

[DogDude]

So then, is Firefox the name of a new roto-tiller? I'm confused.

To be fair, the Europeans do have rotten taste

[jollyreaper]

Witness the popularity of Jerry Lewis and David Hasselhoff.

Re:Methodology

[EveryNickIsTaken]

Such as slashdot.org, linux.org, and sailormoonanime.com?

Re:Europe

[Jedi Alec]

Smarter than everyone else or just smarter than Americans? Because if it's the latter it'd be a lot like debating on the internet.

Re:Deja Vu all over again...

[iamdrscience]

Come on ./ editors. The dupes are getting really annoying.

Yeah, for the past ten years they've been fine, but just this week it's started to piss me off too.

Wow, is Mozilla going to "stay the course"?

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, it seems that Firefox only has a 28% approval rating. Guess who else only has (at most) a 28% approval rating? GWB!!!

George W Bush = Firefox.

Stay the course, guys. Victory against Microsoft is just around the corner.

Re:How is this not a dupe?

[The_DoubleU]

This is not a dupe.
The previous story was about Firefox gaining market share.
This story is about IE "loosing" ground.

Completely different.

Re:Lose vs Loose

[teh_chrizzle]

This is a hard one for non-native English speakers, because "lose" is pronounced so bizarrely it sounds like it needs two Os.

i think "lose" should be spelled with two O's and a Z just like it sounds... like booze.

Re:Pound it into our heads why don't ya?

[UglyTool]

I realize we have the Firehose now but are people who read Slashdot daily using it properly? We don't need two stories in a short time frame (4 days) about the same topic.

And exactly how did you get a 4-digit UID? ;)

eBay. Same place I got mine.

Missing S

[6Yankee]

IE is, indeed, droppings.

Re:Pound it into our heads why don't ya?

[just_another_sean]

Here, I fixed your comment for you...

Dupe!

j/k :-)

Re:How is this not a dupe?

[bgfay]

Oh come on, let's not loose site of the things that defiantly matter here. We can play fast and lose with the little facts so much as we get the big ones write everyday. I wonder if alot of people woulda even noticed the affect of a little mispelling like that.

Re:Pound it into our heads why don't ya?

[IllForgetMyNickSoonA]

Now, I hate to be the first to tell you this, but... yout UID is 6-digit, they framed you on the eBay!

Re:How is this not a dupe?

[Spacezilla]

its a lot not alot stupid

Re:Pound it into our heads why don't ya?

[cp.tar]

What do you mean, framed? He only paid for 4 digits, and got 6. That's, like, 50% free.

At least that's what everyone tells me...

Re:Wow, is Mozilla going to "stay the course"?

[1336]

Cute, but that's kind of like saying a balloon released from the ground is the same as a bowling ball released from near the top of a 100 story skyscraper as they pass each other at the 28th floor :)