Browser share numbers show Chrome way up

And Internet Explorer is slowly falling below 50%.

Fascinating how the worm… er, the market has turned this year.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Bye, Bye IE – We Hardly Knew Ye

Okay, I”m overstating things a bit.

The Conceivably Tech site reports that:

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer dropped to a historic market share low in April, according to Net Applications. The company estimated IE’s market share at 59.95% in April, which is about the range that was reached by Internet Explorer 4 more than 11 years ago in early 1999. The big winner was once again Google’s Chrome browser, which maintained a double-digit growth rate and is now more than 2 points ahead of Apple’s Safari browser, which it surpassed four months ago.

Of course, any market share report is open to all sorts of interpretation. IE’s going to be around for a long time. But Firefox is slowing, best I can tell, and Chrome seems to be the horse to beat.

If it’s any indication, my next Windows book will feature both Firefox and Chrome. (The current ones give a nod to IE, but focus on Da Fox.)