Microsoft's web browser is only holding about 60% market share, while the corresponding figure in 2003 was 95%.

In a new statistical research firm NetApplications, IE holds 59.9% of the market site, while Firefox's market share is increasing with 24.5%. Google's Chrome browser debuted at number three with 6.7%.

Browser market share statistics
NetApplications web. Photo: BBC.

Experts from NetApplications that cause IE 'downhill' is not good due to its security. However, Microsoft is also not too worried when the market share of IE's competitors do not increase too fast, except for Firefox.

Furthermore, IE 9 is upcoming support for HTML5, a web standard helps users to watch videos on sites that do not concern the system is installed flash plug-in program or any other, would that competition between web browsers become more intense.