Thanks in part to the , Mozilla's popular browser has managed to secure an overall marketshare of 19 percent.

According to numbers released by Web survey company, , the third major revamp of the open-source browser has scored a four percent global share since its mid-June release. That number got bumped by a full one percent in the first hour after the browser lost its beta tag.

The majority of Firefox 3's jump came from upgrading Firefox 2 users rather than first-time Internet Explorer defectors. Microsoft's browser still clings to the lion's share of the browser market, though its numbers slipped slightly from 73.17 percent at the beginning of June to 72.90 percent the week of June 22. The numbers are slightly more dramatic on a larger scale --back in August 2007, IE commanded 79 percent of the market.

A Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 8 is being slated for an August release. Firefox 3 currently holds our Editors' Choice for browsers. For a full review of the app, check out .

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