Microsoft Edge improves Internet Explorer but doesn't take Redmond out of the red in browsers

The arrival of Windows 10 led to the appearance of a large number of new features within the Redmond operating system. News at all levels, among which the almost forced retirement of Internet Explorer, the browser devised by those from Redmond that had been suffering defeat after defeat against Firefox for years and Google Chrome.

Microsoft's idea to face the competition had a name: Microsoft Edge. A new and revamped browser that was supposed to turn the tables on what was then a bleak landscape for the American company.And after a reasonable waiting time, it's time to assess whether Edge has achieved its purpose.

When Microsoft introduced its new browser, Microsoft Edge, we all thought it could easily improve upon Internet Explorer and it did. The performance improved greatly and so we have seen tests against the competition that speak of security, energy consumption or the performance of Microsoft Edge. But the fact that it is a good option is not synonymous with success and if not, tell it to the Beta video that succumbed to VHS.

And in the end the coldness of the numbers is what it is and despite this good attempt in Redmond they still can't find the key that engages users, so much so that between Internet Explorer and Edge, Microsoft has lost nearly 311 million of users so far this year.

That number sounds strong, but it is not an amount that is reached just like that.In this sense, from Computer World they have carried out some calculations using statistics to leave a final figure. Given that there are more than 1.5 billion Windows computers on the planet, using both browsers Microsoft could have lost up to 40 million users in just one yearor what is the same, a 2.3% loss.

With all these numbers the accounts come out easy and these 40 million fewer users can be grouped in several years and thus we reach 311 million fewer. Some losses that do not go to limbo, because Google Chrome and now Firefox are the recipients of users who choose to stop using the Microsoft browser.

Use of navigators with numbers in hand

Let's see the statistics provided by Netmarketshare. At the top is, of course, Google Chrome, with a share of 54.99%, while Safari remains at 3.69% and the rest alternative browsers only account for 1.79% of the market.

Regarding Firefox (the most benefited from the decline of IE and Edge) goes from a share of 7.69% in August to 11.14% in October, a curve that contrasts with the slow decline of Explorer and Edge. Both browsers have a share of 23.13% in the case of Internet Explorer and 5.26% if we talk about Microsoft Edge. Between them they do not reach 26%, a percentage that according to Computer World will fall below 20% in the first quarter of 2017.

We will have to see how the market evolves in the coming months We have already seen how Windows shows signs of exhaustion in terms of growth It refers after the end of the free update period and we will see if this slowdown also implies a decline in the use of Edge or, on the contrary, the decline in figures of this has nothing to do with it.

Via | Computer World In Xataka | This is the fight to be the fastest and lightest browser on your desktop