The proportion is being kept since the beginning of the poll.
Seems that forum users, who read more about programs, who have different opinions, have their own preferences that does NOT match the market share ones.
Well, that is somewhat expected, I think. Most here are quite techie, and would understand what you meant by browser, but I suppose the market share represents the more typical user better. Most people simply use IE because it is there when they buy the computer. The only way that they would know other wise is the Browser Choice selection thing (I believe this was EU only though...never could understand the reasoning behind going after that decision...) But having other options would just confuse things further for the typical user...imagine trying to explain what the browser choice window was, and then what a browser was over the phone to someone whose knowledge reaches as far as searching on google...
This poll also highlights one other thing. The "best" browser is (in a similar fashion to AV's) a very subjective thing. It is more down to your experience with the browser...and as for security, while people seem to definitively say that IE is not safe, I think it is more down to browsing habits, common sense, and the fact that simply, it has a higher user base, so obviously, out of all infected people, it will feature more...I don't generally think that one browser is safer than the other...
essexboy, I would guess at one of the many (no name found) ones? Is it because it uses the long strings of numbers and letters that makes it harder to spot?
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