<p>The Mozilla Foundation has stopped developing a Windows 8 "Metro" version of Firefox because of a lack of users.</p><p>"In the months since, as the team built and tested and refined the product, we've been watching Metro's adoption. From what we can see, it's pretty flat. On any given day we have, for instance, millions of people testing pre-release versions of Firefox desktop, but we've never seen more than 1,000 active daily users in the Metro environment," said Jonathan Nightingale, vice-president at Mozilla, in a blog post.</p><p>That contrasts with the huge number of active users demonstrated by other versions of Firefox on other platforms according to data from analysis companies such as NetMarketShare and StatCounter, which put Firefox's aggregate share of the global browser market at around 17.7% and 19.2% respectively, representing hundreds of millions of users for its desktop version.</p><p>The low figures come despite Microsoft announcing in February that it had sold 200m licences for Windows 8 since its launch in October 2012. The Mozilla team has only worked on a version for Intel-based systems, not the ARM-based RT devices, which have so far sold poorly.</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/17/firefox-mozilla-windows-8-metro">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/15/mozilla-kills-metro-windows-8-firefox-plans-claims-interest-has-been-pretty-flat/">Mozilla kills &#039;Metro&#039; Windows 8 Firefox plans, claims interest has been ...</a> (VentureBeat)</p><p><a href="http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/03/17/mozilla-pulls-firefox-for-windows-8.aspx">Mozilla Pulls Firefox for Windows 8 Citing Low Use Rates</a> (Redmondmag.com)</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2108742/mozilla-kills-firefox-browser-for-windows-8-metro.html">Mozilla kills Firefox browser for Windows 8 Metro</a> (PCWorld (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dsuhOXvFLbPVhiMDCruOMdFcNpVDM&authuser=0&ned=us">90 additional articles.</a></p>