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Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by clemesha »

mindstab wrote: post #39
danmaz74 wrote: post #36

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

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.

Yeah, exactly. Check this "visual proof that employees are still required to use Internet Explorer at work" post I did a while back:

http://clemesha.posterous.com/you-must-use-internet-explorer...

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by alttab »

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

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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…

You're right. Those Google guys are shifty folks. They should be more like the paragons of excellent product development and non-monopolistic business practices like the good guys at Microsoft.

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by alttab »

zanny wrote: post #45
judofyr wrote: post #7

Akamai just recently released their statistics, which shows a completely different picture: http://www.akamai.com/io

It says that IE makes up 25% of cellular browsers. I have to seriously doubt that. 1. I don't know anyone who owns any Windows Phone up through Phone 7. 2. I don't know anyone who knows how to use a 3g / 4g hotspot who would be dumb enough to still use IE.

Frankly your anecdote simply proves you don't know anyone dumb enough to still use IE.

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by simonbrown »

mdwrigh2 wrote: post #49
azakai wrote: post #40

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> So Chrome is the most used browser and IE is the browser used by the most people. Which is the more profitable status? It depends. Are you selling ads by pagehits? Then the former. Are you selling user info by number of users? Then the latter. (And aside from ads and personal info, browsers don't make money in a direct way.)

> (And aside from ads and personal info, browsers don't make money in a direct way.) Not entirely true. The Chrome Webstore makes some money, though admittedly not much.

Source?

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by recoiledsnake »

tysonjennings wrote: post #60
recoiledsnake wrote: post #48

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>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.

I am sorry, I didn't know I was supposed to cheerlead Google and Apple and hate on Microsoft on here like the hundreds of other commenters. I am sure HN needs more of them.

Is there some place where this policy is listed on HN(apart from being obvious in the "pathetic" moderation, story selection and flagging) so that I and the few others who don't share your Google and Apple worship can pack up and leave once for all and not subject you to the horrors of alternate opinions or facts that you seem to find very uncomfortable and pathetic? Or maybe I'll just do what you tell me to and go away, and you can worship your Gods in peace without heretics getting your way.

I like how the many commenters that only submit comments and stories that are heavily anti-MS and pro-Google/Apple are not pathetic but I am. I am sure you find them awesome.

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by cooldeal »

tysonjennings wrote: post #60
recoiledsnake wrote: post #48

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>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.

Have you considered anything other than cheerleading Google and Android and hating on Apple/MS? And I like how you attack him personally and call him pathetic because you have no answer to his post and thus want to wish it away. How pathetic.

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by awakeasleep »

recoiledsnake wrote: post #66
tysonjennings wrote: post #60

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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.

I am sorry, I didn't know I was supposed to cheerlead Google and Apple and hate on Microsoft on here like the hundreds of other commenters. I am sure HN needs more of them. Is there some place where this policy is listed on HN(apart from being obvious in the "pathetic" moderation, story selection and flagging) so that I and the few others who don't share your Google and Apple worship can pack up and leave once for al…

Hey man the argument you seem to be a part of here (both sides) seems really dualistic and considering how poorly concepts and events in real life fit binary interpretations, I think you could reduce your stress by taking a broader approach.

Book I loved on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/Language-Thought-Action-Fifth-Edition/...

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by Marwy »

geon wrote: post #15
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?

> why Chrome is so popular there? Could it be because it has to run on cheap hardware? Is there any more lightweight browser?

Opera, of course.

Re: Chrome now the most popular browser

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Post by cooldeal »

alttab wrote: post #62
recoiledsnake wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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…

You're right. Those Google guys are shifty folks. They should be more like the paragons of excellent product development and non-monopolistic business practices like the good guys at Microsoft.

Holy false dichotomy batman. Just because one company is abusive doesn't mean that you need to cheerlead another abusive company. Google is hurting Firefox and Opera by their actions too.
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