
January 4th 2012: Use of IE6 drops below 1% in the US, and Microsoft is thrilled. There has been speculation that the increase is due to a bidding war with Microsoft Bing.
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Meanwhile, Chrome 15 edges out IE8 as the most widely used Web browser version, although Microsoft claims IE9 holds that title (when only looking at Windows 7 installations).ĭecember 16 th 2011: Mozilla releases a developer preview of Apps project and hints at Firefox as a gaming platform.ĭecember 20 th 2011: Mozilla releases Firefox 9.ĭecember 21 st 2011: Mozilla renews its search bar deal with Google for another three years, at three times the cost of the previous arrangement.
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November 10 th 2011: Mozilla celebrates the 7 th anniversary of Firefox.ĭecember 2 nd 2011: Google Chrome overtakes Mozilla Firefox in market share to become the second most popular Web browser, behind Internet Explorerĭecember 6 th 2011: Opera releases version 11.60ĭecember 14 th 2011: Google updates Chrome to version 16.ĭecember 16 th 2011: Windows Update now auto-updates Internet Explorer to the latest version. November 7 th 2011: Mozilla releases Firefox 8. November 3 rd 2011: Chrome finishes October just shy of 25% overall Web browser market share (according to StatCounter). November 1 st 2011: Opera releases an impressive WebGL demo code-named Odin, requiring a WebGL-capable browser. October 28 th 2011: Mozilla and Microsoft team up to launch a special version of Firefox with Bing as the default search provider. October 26 th 2011: Google releases Chrome 15. October 15 th 2011: Google announces that Chrome has reached 200 million active users.
