Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market is dropping, with a significant drop of 7% market share in the past year (according to figures released by the internet metrics provider, Net Applications).

It looks like FireFox has grabbed the lion’s share of users from Microsoft’s browser, with a gain of just under 4% to 21.5% (FireFox first went over 20% in November). Safari has also gained on Internet Explorer, with a 2% increase (to 8.3%).

Google’s new addition to the ‘browser wars’ has just over 1% of the market, with Opera’s share dropping to .7%.

For what its worth, Internet Explorer, FireFox and Safari still command over 97% of the browser share.

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