Growth rate slips for Firefox usage

“ New research shows the growth rate of open-source browser Firefox is slowing, while Microsoft’s browser market share continues to dip.

Two tracking surveys released Monday showed that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser has dipped below 90 percent market share.

IE, which comes preinstalled on the vast majority of computers, had already dipped below the 90 percent threshold in a November survey by OneStat, a Dutch Web metrics firm. At the time, Microsoft pointed to WebSideStory’s results, which showed it was still above 90 percent. “