Internet Explorer sees small usage drop in first month of browser ballot

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As you can see, Internet Explorer's drop in Europe was hardly noticeable; Firefox actually lost more share last month. The bigger trend of Chrome stealing users from Firefox was the most noticeable trend. Safari and Opera both gained a little share. These numbers conflict with what third-party browser makers are saying: they saw a big growth in download numbers. After all, some users who know nothing but IE were confronted with other browsers for the first time and many of those took one or more of the options out for a spin. Download numbers may be up, but whether these users are actually sticking with an alternative browser is another story. Habits are hard to break, and one month is certainly not enough to measure whether they are breaking in large numbers.