Internet Explorer 9
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You know, on the bright side, I think we can expect IE market share to decline more dramatically than it has in the past over the next few years. According to these guys, http://www.netmarketshare.com/re… IE's browser market share is dropped 7 points in one year (68% to 61%). And that's before this:
"From today, people running Microsoft's Windows operating system will be presented with a screen asking them to choose which web browser they would like to use. Computer users will be able to choose between 12 different browsers, ranging from well-known browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera, to some more obscure software, such as K-meleon and Sleipnir.
Microsoft was forced to introduce the browser "ballot box" following a ruling by the European Commission that Microsoft's practice of pre-installing Internet Explorer on every new computer was anti-competitive."
If I'm understanding this right, that would eventually affect the entire EU - 300 million internet users (vs 200 million in the U.S.).
The other big factor is Google Chrome. You always had IE competitors, but they were companies like Mozilla or Opera that no one outside of the tech community knew about. Google on the other hand has the web's largest distribution platform in the form of their search engine as well as YouTube, Gmail, etc. And you probably noticed they have just now started advertising Chrome on those sites after testing it for a year.