IE9 Downloads Cross 2.3 Million in One Day

The final version of Internet Explorer 9, the latest iteration of Microsoft's web browser, was released to public two days ago on of March 15. In just 24 hours, the browser managed to cross 2.3 million downloads. That's a pretty impressive number, considering only Windows Vista and 7 users can download this browser. Of course, Microsoft couldn't be more pleased with this news, as is evident from their blog post. In comparison though, Firefox 3 managed to cross 8 million downloads in a day, creating a world record for itself back in 2008. Then again, Firefox is a multi-platform browser, available to Mac and Linux users as well.

We are glad that IE9 is getting a good response. It's quite a good browser and for the first time, Microsoft has a browser that can compete with the best of the browsers out there. Unfortunately, unless the Windows XP users upgrade to Windows 7, we don't really see the percentage of IE6 users to drop any time soon. Too bad IE9 is not available for XP users.
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