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Re: Chrome hits 17-month low, Windows 8 still only creeping upward

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Post by Samuel_Michon » Sat, Mar 02, 2013, 8:45 PM UTC

danmaz74 wrote: post #15

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Periodically clearing the browsing data, AppData and %TEMP folders does the trick for me. In my experience, that's not Chrome specific; all web browsers get bogged down over time. In the same vein, it's good to do a clean install of your OS once a year.

I stopped periodically reinstalling my OS since windows 2k... and wouldn't like to start again :)

That's your pejorative, but to objectively compare the speed and stability of browsers or OSes, you need to use clean installs. Software gets slower over time, because of all the cruft that accumulates.

Re: Chrome hits 17-month low, Windows 8 still only creeping upward

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Post by afsina » Sat, Mar 02, 2013, 9:14 PM UTC

cooldeal wrote: post #19

justinschuh wrote: post #3

I've never been able to make sense of Net Market Share's numbers or why they're so wildly divergent from nearly every other source. Just take a look at the big ones listed on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Sum... The other stats sources consistently align in a pretty narrow range of around 2%-7% for any given browser. But Net Market Share consistently shows Chrome as more than 10%…

I believe this explains it: One big difference is that NetMarketShare tries to measure unique clients, while StatCounter measures web page hits. Since the power users browse (probably a magnitude of order) more web pages than the normal users, Chrome and Firefox is overrepresented in power users who browse a ton. Toothpaste marketshare analogy. It's possible that 70% of people use Colgate and 30% use Crest, but Colga…

I believe NetMarketShare data is 'sponsored'.. http://gs.statcounter.com/faq#net-apps

Re: Chrome hits 17-month low, Windows 8 still only creeping upward

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Post by recoiledsnake » Sat, Mar 02, 2013, 11:41 PM UTC

afsina wrote: post #22

cooldeal wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe this explains it: One big difference is that NetMarketShare tries to measure unique clients, while StatCounter measures web page hits. Since the power users browse (probably a magnitude of order) more web pages than the normal users, Chrome and Firefox is overrepresented in power users who browse a ton. Toothpaste marketshare analogy. It's possible that 70% of people use Colgate and 30% use Crest, but Colga…

I believe NetMarketShare data is 'sponsored'.. http://gs.statcounter.com/faq#net-apps

What on that page makes you believe so?

Re: Chrome hits 17-month low, Windows 8 still only creeping upward

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Post by Samuel_Michon » Sun, Mar 03, 2013, 8:20 AM UTC

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #21

danmaz74 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stopped periodically reinstalling my OS since windows 2k... and wouldn't like to start again :)

That's your pejorative, but to objectively compare the speed and stability of browsers or OSes, you need to use clean installs. Software gets slower over time, because of all the cruft that accumulates.

By 'pejorative', I meant 'prerogative'. Silly auto correct.