Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
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Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#2Pretty 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.
Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#3This is very biased. Of the total sample, more than 50% are classified as other.
Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#4Pretty 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.
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Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#5This is very biased. Of the total sample, more than 50% are classified as other. http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/versions/
"biased" how? That simply means that for the more recent data set, the owners bothered to decypher a small set of user agents (those represented in the graph - latest verions of dominant browsers), everything else is marked "other" and it shows that in Jan 2014, ~20% or fewer of clients were connecting from anything but some latest-version browser (and of whatever resources this covers, Chrome is by far the leader). That doesn't strike me as bias - just data simplification.
Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#6Pretty 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 acceptable but the latest update also introduced a series of bugs, for example on when hovering over a html select box, the last item is never highlighted[1] and there is also an issue with scrolling on a select box [2].
There is a reason why silent updates/auto-updates aren't popular in the server/enterprise world because it could sometimes break things.
[1] http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/dxXGUaF...
[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21166379/html-select-scro...
Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#7This is very biased. Of the total sample, more than 50% are classified as other. http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/versions/
The only show the current versions of Firefox and Chrome on the Top Versions. The other category drops as soon as Firefox and Chrome gain which means that past versions of all browsers (eg, Chrome 31, 30, etc) are grouped into other. The "Top Families" show all versions together of each browser, and you may notice that the other category on that page is very minimal.
Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#8Pretty 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…
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.
Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#9The 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 changes.
With the introduction of OS-level App stores, expect to see 'silent updates' in a lot more consumer applications.
[1]: http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/firefox/
Re: Google chrome – Global marketshare by version
#10Pretty 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…
> There is a reason why silent updates/auto-updates aren't popular in the server/enterprise world because it could sometimes break things.
Thankfully we're seeing a shift where people will accept this if it means serious security issues are fixed promptly.
I frankly couldn't care less if my scrollbar acts a little strange if it means two remote code execution holes were fixed.