Tide turns against IE 6 as usage drops [CNET News]
Did the Internet Explorer 6 flaw that was exploited by a hacking attack at Google in December of last year result in large numbers of users abandoning the older version of the Microsoft product? Data from Net Applications regarding web browser usage shows IE 6 dropping in its share of usage in the past month. As a whole, all versions of Internet Explorer remained the most popular web browser among users, with over 60 percent of users surfing the web with Internet Explorer in January.
However, IE 6's individual share dropped from December 2009 to January 2010. In December IE 6 was the most popular version of the browser, but it was surpassed for the first time in January by Internet Explorer 8. It may be no coincidence that during the month of January, a serious flaw in IE 6 was publicized as the result of a hacker intrusion at Google.
Mozilla's Firefox browser maintained its share of around one quarter of all web surfers in January. Google's Chrome Browser has just over 5 percent of browser market share and Apple's Safari maintains 4.5 percent.
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