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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser posted its largest market share loss last month since 2008, Web metrics company Net Applications said on a website..
Meanwhile, Google’s Chrome continues to gain on Apple’s Safari, closing within 1.25 percentage points. At its current pace, Chrome will replace Safari as the No. 3 browser in less than a year.
Here’s the breakdown of August:

* Internet Explorer: 66.6%
* Mozilla Firefox: 23.3%
* Apple Safari: 4.1%
* Google Chrome: 2.9%
* Opera: 2.1%
people opting out of using IE because:

1. It’s too slow to run satisfyingly on a netbook (+1 Firefox, Chrome, Opera)
2. Slight increase in Macs on the market (+1 Safari)
3. No Windows 7 at this time to drive default use (-1 IE)
Still, the figures show just how much of an incredible grip IE has on the general public.But the game’s going to get very interesting right around January 2010. Why? Because Windows 7 will be on the market

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