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Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version

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Post by duncanawoods »

AquarianAge wrote: post #8
nivla wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Although I do agree with you that silent updates are a far better choice, its not perfect, sometimes it can introduce unexpected changes. Let's take for example the latest Chrome update (v32). It replaces the OS based scrollbar with a custom one. It also removes the ^v arrows around it. As someone who regularly uses them, it breaks my workflow :( .Sad but I can live with it. Had it ended there it would have been acce…

This. It's been a week now and my select boxes don't scroll, breaking a good percentage of websites. And that annoying as hell removal of the scroll widgets. I shudder to think if you're using Google Chrome in the enterprise.

Not sure why you have been downvoted. Chrome 32 was a very disappointing release and has undermined silent updates for me. Many users are experiencing crashes and difficulties with general scrolling and select boxes. These are faults introduced without any must-have feature. If you do silent updates you have to be incredibly disciplined about quality and scope.

My bug-bear is also select boxes. Why do we now have this ridiculous ease in animation? They have crossed the line adding styling that can't be removed with css. I use a site with a dozen select boxes and the effect of each click causing a zoom-in animation is nausea inducing and unfixable.

Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version

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Post by simula67 »

nivla wrote: post #6
soup10 wrote: post #2

Pretty sick, chrome makes it clear that silent updates can definitely be a good thing if used appropriately. Compare to the sad new version adoption rates for pretty much all microsoft products.

Although I do agree with you that silent updates are a far better choice, its not perfect, sometimes it can introduce unexpected changes. Let's take for example the latest Chrome update (v32). It replaces the OS based scrollbar with a custom one. It also removes the ^v arrows around it. As someone who regularly uses them, it breaks my workflow :( .Sad but I can live with it. Had it ended there it would have been acce…

The last Chrome update seems to have dropped support for NPAPI which broke the very useful 'Tab Scrolling' feature from 'Chrome Toolbox' addon.

I have switched to Firefox for now, but I do miss Chrome : especially the awesome Stylebot user-styles for Hacker News, Reddit etc.

Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version

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Post by sdfx »

arocks wrote: post #9

The Firefox graph [1] also looks strikingly similar after introducing Silent Updates since Apr. The trend of 'Move Fast And Break Things' seems to be coming from the web applications world into the world of installed applications. Users seem to be more adaptable to change that previously thought. This is of course thanks to better testing tools which ensures that essential functionality is not compromised by such cha…

And releasing more often means that the changes are smaller.

Also, developers have introduced a more clever way of introducing changes to the user. Overlays with explanations of new menus etc. which I've seen first on the web (i.e. gmail) are making their way to more and more "desktop" applications.

Introducing these changes slowly over time seems to avoid the "I will never install this version" effect.

Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version

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Post by ksk »

soup10 wrote: post #2

Pretty sick, chrome makes it clear that silent updates can definitely be a good thing if used appropriately. Compare to the sad new version adoption rates for pretty much all microsoft products.

Not everyone wants silent updates. I don't want Google or Microsoft replacing binaries on my PC behind my back.

When you see that Google wants to vacuum up more and more data from your PC, it makes sense that they silently update their software - in that context. Chrome continues to find different areas to mine user data e.g. turning your address bar into a keylogger, or monitoring your browsing activity even if you're not using google services via "phishing and malware protection", etc etc.

Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version

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Post by gojomo »

ygra wrote: post #16
afsina wrote: post #15

Weekend down spikes in IE confirms Business is still forced to use old versions of it. http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/internet-e...

Uhm, the Chrome graphs show down spikes on weekends too.

Indeed. In fact, IE10 and IE11 show mild weekend/Sunday dips, but IE7/IE8/IE9 show severe dips, and Chrome and Firefox noticeable Sunday dips, too.

Since these are percentages, someone must be surging on weekends/Sundays... and that does appear to be the case for Safari and Opera. Didn't expect that, myself.

Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

ygra wrote: post #16
afsina wrote: post #15

Weekend down spikes in IE confirms Business is still forced to use old versions of it. http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/internet-e...

Uhm, the Chrome graphs show down spikes on weekends too.

Are you sure? The graphs are difficult to read for me but on this one:

http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/

The highs and lows for IE (orange) match the opposite for Chrome (pale blue). You can hover over them to get a specific date and then check the other.

You can see this in other data sets too:

http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-browser-ww-daily-20131229...

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