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IE9 passes 20% market share, Firefox falls below 20%, Chrome loses users

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Re: IE9 passes 20% market share, Firefox falls below 20%, Chrome loses users

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Firefox is horribly slow, and I don't even mean in comparison to Chrome. It's slow in its own right. The constant updates? I'm getting used to it (although I can't really tell a difference one version to the next). It's the slowness and the crashing that gets to me. Chrome has me spoiled I guess.

I .. believe you, I guess. You obviously tried the current versions and they weren't for you. Still, I'm baffled. I removed Chrome from my Android devices (what for?) and only have it on my desktop machines for tests. I start it once every fortnight. Firefox, with its sync feature, keeps my browsing experience in order. I've to admit that I'm using the Beta 'channel' on both Windows and Android. The readability mode…

I'm lamenting the poor performance of the browser. I have nothing but massive respect for the developers.

But I marvel at the difference and see that even with all these updates, the gap between Chrome and Firefox gets wider and wider.

Re: IE9 passes 20% market share, Firefox falls below 20%, Chrome loses users

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post #12

It would be really nice if Google published their browser usage stats based on their Google analytics data. If anyone could have accurate numbers it would be Google.

As long as we're asking, a pony would also be really nice.

Re: IE9 passes 20% market share, Firefox falls below 20%, Chrome loses users

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

statcounter puts IE9 at 17%, not that far off: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version_partially_combine...

It also shows Chrome at double of what Net Apps says. I've been following Chrome's growth over the years, and the Statcounter number for Chrome seems a lot more likely than the Net Apps one.

Statcounter doesn't count users, it counts raw hits. Both numbers are relevant for different reasons. If you agree that Chrome users surf more this could easily account for most of the difference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

Re: IE9 passes 20% market share, Firefox falls below 20%, Chrome loses users

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post #15

I see tons of ads for IE. Never for FF. Microsoft's marketing is working. FF is slower than Chrome (at least the desktop versions). FF still doesn't have separate processes for tabs, so when one fails, the whole browser crashes.

I find Aurora faster then Chrome and it displays fonts/pages better. I also think the memory use is much better then Chrome. Maybe its the Nvidia acceleration?

Re: IE9 passes 20% market share, Firefox falls below 20%, Chrome loses users

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post #14
post #12

It would be really nice if Google published their browser usage stats based on their Google analytics data. If anyone could have accurate numbers it would be Google.

As long as we're asking, a pony would also be really nice.

There’s no need to mock people.
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