There was a marked decline in the use of Internet Explorer in 2009 according to the web monitoring company AT Institute.
Use of the browser fell by 7.8% in the six months to December. Firefox also saw a slight decrease of about 1% in the same period.
Chrome and Safari were the main beneficiaries with Google’s Chrome browser increasing its market share by 5% and Safari by 3%.
Google’s Chrome has now overtaken Apple’s Safari as the third most popular browser in the country with 10.5% to Safari’s 8.5%.
However both Internet Explorer and Firefox still dominate the market. Internet Explorer still holds 57% of Irish the market. Some 23% of internet users in Ireland use Mozialls Firefox browser.
Opera trails the market with 1% of internet users.
