Number of Browser Bugs
According to Symantec’s twice-yearly Internet Security Threat Report, the number of bugs found by browser during the first 6 months of this year is as follows:
Mozilla browsers: 47
Internet Explorer: 38
Safari: 12
Opera: 7
Interesting that Mozilla browsers had more bugs than IE. I wonder if it’s because Mozilla is gaining in popularity, or if Microsoft is actually doing a better job in designing more secure software? Also, reading this report made me go download Opera right away. 
To view the entire report, please click here.
Tags: Tags: browser bugs, firefox, ie, symantec
[...] As this is the first time I am doing this type of study, there is no historical data to look at the trends. It does appear that IE is losing share, while Firefox is gaining share. This increase in popularity is probably why Mozilla-type browsers had more bugs than IE during the first half of 2006. [...]