The battle of browser has intensified further as Microsoft released the beta version of IE9.
The launch of IE9 is an attempt by Microsoft to get back users it lost to its competitors.
Since 2003 Microsoft has lost about 40% share in the browser market. The launch of Chrome and Firefox has drifted away users from the Internet Explorer in recent years.
Presently IE holds 61%, Firefox 25% and chrome whose market share are increasing rapidly since its launch holds 7% and followed by Safari, Opera and others.
Why people started moving away from IE?
Over the years the Internet usage has grown rapidly. And the users wanted rich and secured browsing experience which Microsoft failed to provide through its IE.
Browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Opera who were relatively new to the market managed to provide the user faster, secured and richer browsing experience. As they continued to develop more and more people stopped using the traditional IE and shifted to Firefox and others.
The launch of Google Chrome was big impact on the web-users. The newer look, easy to surf and faster browsing has boosted the usage of Google chrome. Chrome has become preferred option next to Firefox for social networking people.
The only thing which still makes IE uphold its market share above others is because it comes as default browser with the Windows OS.
Finally the sleeping Giant Microsoft woke up and is trying to put some heat on its competitors from its new launch IE9(beta).
The mantra used by Microsoft for IE9 is run every page in the internet as app in Windows7.
IE9 uses hardware accelerator technology which use 100% of the hardware power of the PC and to bring best experience possible and also makes it faster than other browsers.
IE9 support HTML5 video, include a new Microsoft JavaScript engine which will help to enhance the browsing. HTML5, which is currently under development, will include video playback and other graphics-intensive features that, in the past, could only be done by adding third-party software
Well for all the Microsoft Xp users out there I’m sorry this is not one for you as IE9 won't run on XP.
The Microsoft has not yet announced when will IE9 get through the test phase and will be available as full version for download.
One thing is for sure IE9 promises to take browser technology to a new level. But it is no means an indication that they are again going to regain monopoly in browsers.
Its competitors Firefox and Chrome are also working on developing its browsers. The former is already testing Firefox4.0 which will be launched shortly.
The Browser race is here to stay and we the users are going to be most benefited from it.
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