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Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by Gustomaximus »

abrahamsen wrote: post #44
recoiledsnake wrote: post #18

Wonder if this will allow Microsoft in Europe to get rid of the EU imposed browser select dialog at first boot.

Doubt it. It is the market share of MS Windows, not MSIE, that makes tying a legally questionable practice.

I seem to recall it expires at a certain date and would have to be renewed.

Today they do have a case to argue that their OS dominance doesn't guarantee browser dominance. It is very different from when this complaint was made as there is healthy competition without the browser select screen. But personally I would like to see it stay.

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by strmpnk »

adhipg wrote: post #38
nextstep wrote: post #37

I'm switching back to Safari when Mountain Lion is released. The unified search/address bar was the only thing holding me back.

Just curious, what are the issues that you have with Chrome that you want to switch back?

I don't know about others but I really like the two-finger double-tap to zoom (pinching too) and the reader mode (and reading list if you use multiple devices with safari). These things seem standard on mobiles but still haven't made it to all desktop browsers. Spotlight history integration is also useful as well, though it could be improved.

Otherwise, it's fast enough and supports most new features just fine. Developer tools support isn't quite as nice as Chrome but I usually use Safari until I need Chrome or hit a site that needs flash (since I don't have it installed on my system).

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by strmpnk »

rbreve wrote: post #52
nextstep wrote: post #37

I'm switching back to Safari when Mountain Lion is released. The unified search/address bar was the only thing holding me back.

try chrome for iOS you can share your open tabs with all your devices

I usually used reading list to share across devices but it did take far too long for Apple to add the live tabs feature. Definitely a feature I wish I had up until developer betas awhile ago.

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by pygy_ »

danmaz74 wrote: post #36
kibwen wrote: post #33

This graph is about a month old at this point, it should update with the newest stats tomorrow. Until then, you can see the day-by-day stats for the past month here: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-daily-20120531-2012062... Here's another good one that splits the IE line into IE 6/7/8 lines, and the Firefox line into 3.6/4/5+ lines: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version_partially_combine... Also be sure to…

Thanks for the links - it's incredible to see how much Chrome peaks during the weekends at the expense of IE!

The weekend peaks have gradually shifted from Firefox to Chrome. Opera and Safari also have it to a lesser extent, but Firefox has completely lost the pattern.

See http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-daily-20080701-2012053....

What I find puzzling is the stable amplitude of the weekend shift (~5%) despite IE's lost of popularity.

Note also that Firefox is once again growing (slower than Chrome, but still).

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by femto113 »

abrahamsen wrote: post #50
femto113 wrote: post #12

Poking around by individual country the only large one I found where Chrome leads is India. Anyone have sauce on why Chrome is so popular there? Are they big enough to skew the whole world?

On the other hand, the only region where Chrome is not leading MSIE, is North America. In Europe, Chrome has a small lead. In Asia, a medium lead. In South America, a large lead. In Africa, both are dwarfed by Firefox. One possible unfounded speculation would be that it is connected to the age of the widespread adoption of the Internet. In North America, most users have likely been on the net for a long time and ther…

Actually IE has huge leads in South Korea and China, who are among the top internet users. The Microsoft blog post linked above has the root cause here: StatCounter has outsized representation for India and Turkey, both which see heavy Chrome use, and doesn't adjust its overall numbers to account for this (a fact which they are open about, but it diminishes the relevance of their overall number).

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by tysonjennings »

recoiledsnake wrote: post #48
mindstab wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really demonstrates (imho) the technical lag of companies: During the week people are browsing at work and it looks like many are still shackled to IE. But on the weekend they go home and use what they want, and that is clearly chrome. Kind of amazing to visualize at this granularity what pops out.

>But on the weekend they go home and use what they want, and that is clearly chrome At least some of that traffic comes from preinstalled OEM copies, which Google pays the OEMs for having Chrome preinstalled as the default browser. Also, it comes bundled with things like Java, Acrobat Reader,CCleaner, Divx Player, RealPlayer, Avast and Flash etc., so if people just click next, which most tend to do, they end up with…

Dude, have you ever considered doing anything other than cheerleading MS and hating on Google. I have never seen a single post by you on here or Slashdot that was not either defending MS or being negative towards Google in some way. How pathetic.
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