DaxThink: Digital life

I was listening to the radio in the shower this morning (apologies if that creates horrible visualisations in your mind), when the news came on. One of the lead stories was about a new security risk online caused by a flaw in Internet Explorer.

The official advice given by the BBC was to 'switch browsers' until the problem was fixed. Given that changing user behaviour in this way is a hard thing to do, once a switch is made it is unlikely to be undone. Also, it is unlikely the BBC will run another radio story in a few days to say 'the problem with IE has been fixed, please switch back'!

Google Chrome usage is pushing the 1% mark currently (highly dependant on what source you use), IE has dropped below 70% and Firefox is at 20%.

With shoppers flooding online to fill their Christmas stockings, and security fears still lingering, could this be the best Christmas present Firefox and Chrome could wish for?

We will have to see what Santa delivers.

(Analogy stretching?)