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The New York Times Technology > In the Battle of the Browsers '04, Firefox Aims at Microsoft

If a million downloads a day weren't enough to convince you that Firefox is a valid contender in the new browser wars, today's New York Times article, In the Battle of the Browsers '04, Firefox Aims at Microsoft bylined by Steve Lohr and John Markoff should do the trick.

A statement by Gartner analyst David Smith quoted in the article mentioned Firefox's viability as a competitor to Microsoft. The article also noted that "Internet Explorer's market share has slipped more than 2.5 percentage points in the last five months, to 92.9 percent at the end of October, its first decline since 1999, according to WebSideStory, a firm that tracks Web traffic.

If you've used Firefox, (like I'm doing right now,) you probably don't need an article to convince you that this browser is popular because it is fast and easy to install, with the bonus of being more secure than IE.

Its widespread appeal and rapid adoption are a testimate to Firefox's elegant simplicity, which co-exists with open source code that enables techies to make their Firefox as complicated as they want, and, at the same time, newbies feel comfortable using it, too.

Haven't tried Firefox, yet? What are you waiting for? It's free, easy to install, and co-exists with IE, so there's no messy commitment. I know I sound like a marketer, here, but this is one of those products that is just cool, mainly because it works like its supposed to and makes my life easier. How simple that idea sounds, yet how illusive it generally is.

Don't wait -- Now that it's been written up in the New York Times, you don't have long to be the first in your cube farm to try Firefox!