# Firefox loses market share

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[http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,103914,00.html?source=NLT\_PM&nid=103914](http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,103914,00.html?source=NLT_PM&nid=103914)

> AUGUST 12, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer halted the steady market share advance of The Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox browser in July, a Web site monitoring company announced today.  
> Last month, Internet Explorer, by far the most used browser, regained lost ground and pushed back the upstart Firefox for the first time since Version 1.0 of the open-source browser debuted late last year, according to [NetApplications.com](http://NetApplications.com), an Aliso Viejo, Calif., maker of applications for monitoring and measuring Web site usage.

Firefox’s share shrunk to 8.07% from 8.71% in June, while Internet Explorer grew its market slice to 87.2% in July from 86.56% last month.

Between January and June, Firefox had posted monthly market share gains of between 0.5% and 1% at the expense of Internet Explorer, according to [NetApplications.com](http://NetApplications.com), which compiles its browser usage data from more than 40,000 Web sites monitored by its [HitsLink.com](http://HitsLink.com) service.

[NetApplications.com](http://NetApplications.com) has said in the past that reaching a 10% market share would be a milestone for Firefox that could help it win acceptance in the corporate market.

Apple Computer Inc.'s Safari ranked third and grew its share slightly to 2.13% from 1.93%, while America Online Inc.'s Netscape, which once ruled this market, slid a bit to 1.5% from 1.55%. Opera Software ASA’s Opera came in fifth with a 0.49% market share