Firefox is doing bad. It was even ahead of Microsoft Edge

firefox versus edge

Chromium is basically becoming the standard for web browsers for PC. Firefox and Safari are becoming quite exotic creations. Chrome is currently the market leader. Microsoft Edge came in second.

Chromium has been a dominant force on the desktop web browser market for years, mainly due to its most popular overlay: Google Chrome. However, we have been talking about some competition from Quantum (Firefox) or WebKit (Safari) so far. However, it seems that joining Microsoft to Chromium will strengthen the position of this platform on a close monopoly.

According to NetMarketShare data , Google Chrome, of course, remains the leader among browsers with a 68.5% market share. Surprise, however, is the second place where the Microsoft Edge browser built on Chromium was found. It is worth remembering that today it is not the default browser on any of the systems, nor is it offered in the form of an automatic upgrade. Despite this, Edge gained 7.59 percent. market.

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge as leaders. Firefox falls to third place.

Firefox (Quantum) ranks third on the podium with a 7.19% market share. The now underdeveloped Internet Explorer (Trident) ranks fourth with a 5.87% share, followed by Safari (WebKit) with a 3.62% share. It is believed - although there is no hard data - that most of the new Edge users are refugees from Firefox and Internet Explorer. Opera (Chromium) closed last month with a 1.4% market share.

firefox versus edge

Microsoft Edge - new on the podium - is available for personal computers for Windows 7 (and newer) and macOS (Sierra or newer). Microsoft is also expected to make its browser version Linux available in the near future. In addition to desktops, Edge is also available for iPadOS, iOS and Android.

Websites and web applications will be increasingly optimized just under Chromium.

What does this mean for lovers of exotic browsers? If history can teach us something in this topic, it should be expected that more and more websites will be offered in two versions. Extensive and modern for Chrome and its siblings and simpler and older for market plankton.

The exceptions may be WebKit and Safari using it. It is rare on desktops, losing to Chrome even on macOS. However, it has a very strong position on mobile devices not included in the data presented here. Those with iPadOS and iOS are selling sensational, and in addition they do not allow you to change the default browser. WebKit is also a platform very close to Blink, which is part of Chromium. It seems doubtful that the Apple platform would start to be ignored. Although Chromium will continue to rule this market.

On the one hand, setting the standard was the foundation of Chromium.

That is, creating an open source browser that all talented developers can develop and share the effects of their work and adapt to their needs. A single operating platform for websites and web applications significantly simplifies the work of programmers.

On the other hand, strength and innovation are dormant in the diversity of ideas and projects. Google, Microsoft, Opera, Brave and Vivaldi (the most important members of the Chromium project) certainly benefit a lot. However, the alternatives are getting weaker and, in addition, the development of Chromium is not quite democratic: all members can propose a new code and everyone can then use the approved news. However, the moderators since approval are only Google employees. For now, their superiors have not shown a bad will in project development.

For now.



Firefox is doing bad. It was even ahead of Microsoft Edge

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