{"id":56503,"date":"2012-08-03T11:51:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T09:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=56503"},"modified":"2012-08-03T11:54:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T09:54:21","slug":"firefox-hold-on-while-ie-and-chrome-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/56503-firefox-hold-on-while-ie-and-chrome-slide.html","title":{"rendered":"Firefox hold on, while IE and Chrome slide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report from Net Marketshare reveals that Mozilla\u2019s Firefox browser has seen growth throughout July, while Internet Explorer (IE) and Google Chrome slipped.<\/p>\n<p>After slipping below 20 percent share in May, Firefox looked to be handing over the silver medal to Google Chrome, although Firefox managed to hold onto second place for July.<\/p>\n<p>Chrome\u2019s third place spot was held by the browser\u2019s 17.16 percent market share.<\/p>\n<p>IE, being the default browser for the Windows platform, still dominates with 49.01 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Safari, Opera, Android&#8217;s browser and others make up the remainder of the market share.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56513\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?attachment_id=56513\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56513\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56513\" class=\" wp-image-56513\" title=\"worldwide-combined-2012-071-640x480\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/worldwide-combined-2012-071-640x480.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/worldwide-combined-2012-071-640x480.png 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/worldwide-combined-2012-071-640x480-40x30.png 40w, 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\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worldwide combined browser market share for July 2012<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2012\/08\/firefox-continues-to-gain-as-internet-explorer-chrome-slide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arstechnica<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/55465-firefox-15-beta-takes-on-memory-leaks.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Firefox 15 beta takes on memory leaks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/54023-firefox-smartphone-os-gets-heavyweight-telco-backing.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FireFox smartphone OS gets heavyweight telco backing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MyBroadband Article\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/53997-chrome-overtakes-firefox-in-sa.html\"><strong>Chrome overtakes Firefox in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MyBroadband 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