On the mobile front, more iPhones were used to surf the Web in November than all Windows Mobile devices combined. Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer (IE) continues to dominate the Web browser market, but Mozilla’s Firefox browser made its largest gain in market share this year during the month of November–more than one full percentage point–according to new statistics on 160 million users from Web application and analytics firm Net Applications. Related Stories Browser Add-Ins for Business Users Web Browsers of Tomorrow Flock, the Social Web Browser: Coming Soon to Your Users’ Computers Mobile Browsers: Have They Moved Beyond “Only for Emergencies?” Apple’s Safari browser also made a small gain in November, though Safari’s market penetration overall has increased less than half of one percentage point throughout 2007. The Safari for Windows browser, which was released as a beta version last June, was used by less than one tenth of one percent of the users Net Applications measured.Overall, Internet Explorer lost more than two and a half percentage points in market share since the start of the year, while Firefox saw a gain of more than two and a quarter percentage points. Net Applications says the majority of IE Web surfers are still employing version 6.0, even though the version 7.0, Microsoft’s most recent upgrade, has been available for Windows XP for more than a year. More than 93 percent of Mozilla Firefox users are employing the most recent version of that browser, version 2.0. Interestingly, total users Web browsing via iPhone topped the number of users browsing with all Windows Mobile devices combined, Net Applications says, though this fact is based on the operating system used, and therefore doesn’t necessarily imply that Windows Mobile users were employing a Microsoft browser.The company measures Web browser market share based on the software used by Web surfers who visit one of websites included within its customer base. Of this network of sites, 43 percent are commerce sites, 18 percent are corporate, 10 percent are “content” sites, like CIO.com, and 29 percent categorize themselves as “other,” meaning government organizations, non-profits, search engine marketers, etc. Users included within the metrics may employ multiple browsers.Browser Market Share for November 2007 Microsoft Internet Explorer: 77.35 percent Firefox: 16.01 percent Safari: 5.14 percent Opera: 0.65 percent Netscape: 0.60 percent Other: 0.24 percentBrowser Version Market Share for November 2007 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0: 40.24 percent Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0: 36.84 percent Firefox 2.0: 14.97 percent Safari 41: 2.77 percent Safari 3.0: 1.85 percent Opera 9.x: 0.64 percent Firefox 1.5: 0.63 percent Other: 2.06 percentNet Applications’ 2007 trends in browser use, as well as trends in browser versions employed, are available on the company’s website. Related content opinion Can you spot the hidden theme of CSO’s Future of Cybersecurity summit? By Beth Kormanik May 31, 2023 2 mins Events Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence case study How IT leaders use EV tech to fuel the transport revolution in Kenya Many African nations are starting to invest in electric vehicle (EV) transportation as a means to broaden access and help keep pace with global environmental initiatives. In Kenya, strides are being made despite industry and tech leaders grappling to By Vincent Matinde May 31, 2023 5 mins CIO CTO Emerging Technology feature How CIOs distill the most sought-after data skills From back-end engineers to data scientists and line-of-business experts, here’s the in-demand talent that all organizations need to turn a glut of information into game-changing insight. By Mark Samuels May 31, 2023 8 mins IT Skills Data Center IT Leadership interview Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan on what cloud success really looks like The CTO, CSO, and head of software engineering and operations knows firsthand that a successful move to the cloud is all about changing the culture and replacing on-prem’s sunk cost mentality with incentivized FinOps. By Martha Heller May 31, 2023 8 mins Technology Industry IT Strategy Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe