Mozilla’sFirefox browserlost market share last month , Web system of measurement company Net Applications reported Wednesday . ButApple ’s Safaricontinued to gain undercoat , an indicator of a slow but sure uptick in Macintosh sales .
In January , Firefox account for 13.7 percent of the browser app custom grocery store , Aliso Viejo , Calif.-based Net Applications said , down slightly from 14 percent the calendar month before . The dip was the first since May 2006 . Since then , Firefox ’s contribution has prove continually month to month .
“ It looks like a real dip , ” not a statistical anomaly , say Vincent Vizzaccaro , Net Applications ’ executive frailty president of selling and strategic relationship . “ It ’s still bigger than November , though , as if Firefox had a little stiletto heel in December .
“ Firefox has had small reversal like this before , ” said Vizzaccaro .
More blatant than Firefox ’s faux pas , however , has been Safari ’s firm march . The Apple internet browser , which is based in part on the heart-to-heart - sourceKonqueror , advance its percentage to 4.7 percent in January from 4.2 percent in December . A yr ago , Safari held 3.1 percentage of the internet browser securities industry .
“ The more interesting course is on the Safari side , ” said Vizzaccaro . “ It take care like it ’s taking share away from web browser in the Windows surroundings . ”
Net Applications , which also tracks Web users ’ operating systems , read that the increase in Safari ’s share has been matched move for move by a rise in Mac OS tenner use . In January , the combined PowerPC- and Intel - base Mac OS X part was 6.2 per centum , up from December ’s 5.7 pct . “ Both Safari and Mac OS X are heading in the same direction”up , Ý Vizzaccaro said .
Windows XP still has an overwhelming lead in operating systems , however , with 85 percent . Microsoft ’s Internet Explorer accounted for 79.8 pct of the web browser food market in January .
Windows Vista , which debuted to business in November but only score retail Jan. 30 , had just 0.2 percentage percentage by then , allot to Net Applications .
