StatCounter and Net Applications disagree about the best way to measure browser usage, but for August, they agreed on one thing: Microsoft's Internet Explorer had something of a resurgence.
The two firms use different methodology to measure browser usage -- for example, StatCounter measures all page views to its network of Web sites while Net Applications only counts one per day to try to measure users more than usage. As a result, StatCounter names Google's 5-year-old Chrome as the top browser, but Net Applications gives the honor to IE.
For August, though, IE looked better off in both companies' eyes, according to statistics released Sunday. Net Applications showed IE reversing its fortunes in January 2012, gradually reclaiming some of the market share it lost to rival browsers in the wake of Microsoft's decision to largely cease browser development a decade ago.
StatCounter showed Microsoft's browser continuing its decline, though -- until August, when IE climbed to 25.6 percent of usage from 24.5 percent in July. In its view, Chrome dipped from 43.1 percent to 42.8 percent, and Firefox dropped more, from 20.1 percent to 19.3 percent
source : CNet
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