“Are you a Firefox user? Apparently, if you are you’re not alone. Sometime this year when I wasn’t paying attention Firefox rocketed to a new high. For over three years I watched as Firefox hovered between a 30–34% browser share. This month I was surprised to see that Firefox consistently exceeds 40% and is preparing to take over IE as the most popular browser.”

— Bits from Bill: Firefox Ready to be the #1 Browser.

I like Firefox, and I’ve been using it for quite a while. But it’s rise in competition with Explorer surprises me. I wouldn’t have thought that so many people were going out of their way to download an alternative to the browser that comes bundled with their operating system. Adding an alternative browser isn’t hard to do, but it’s something.