Having a big business or a small firm these days requires Internet access. But there are so much different browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, the "father" of all - Internet Explorer, Opera, Internet Accessor and many more. Each of them has it's own advantages and unique functions but which one do people prefer most? - Some researchers from "Jupiter" research company tried to answer this question.
Last year the usage of Mozilla as a main browser in firms with more than 250 employees was 26 percent and recent research has shown that the percent has grown to an amazing 44 percent. The other 56 percent is divided among: IE - 48%, Opera - 5%, IA - 2% and 1% of the firms use other browsers. Despite MF's big jump IE still holds most of the single users' computers with the enormous 79%.
So this amazing jump creates a lot of questions about the choice of all these people. One of MF's mostly used feature is it's tabbed browsing, which firms find more useful than IE's. Another feature is MF's download system - it can save whatever you're downloading and automatically continue next time. Also files are downloading and copying on your hard drive at the same time - you don't have to wait for them to be downloaded and copied to your hard drive. The loss of clients may cause Microsoft to rush with its IE7 and even with its main upgrade to Windows Vista. However the change from WindowsXP to WindowsVista may take a year for the "world" to start using it. The fact that IE goes with the XP operating system may create some inconvenience. If your Windows is being updated this will affect your IE functions and cause problems or even make your browser unusable during the update process. But each browser has to be "independent" to other programs, right? Then a search for a new one begins... And guess which browser is "waiting" to be downloaded. That's right, Mozilla Firefox.
So as you can see, finding a good browser isn't only a question of design but also of features. And the other thing that companies should have in mind is that if the software isn't quick to install and easily to update, it will just lose it's users. .
Written by: Stoyan, Deni & Kadrie
