Chrome Tops 25% Market Share for the First Time
Google has scored another milestone with its browser as Chrome has topped 25% market share for the first time over the past weekend.
According to StatCounter, Chrome reached 25.02 percent last Sunday.
Since Chrome's market share is higher on weekends than during the week, it is unlikely that it will be averaging 25 percent for the entire month. However, the market share for first 12 days of September is 23.72 percent, up from 23.16 percent in August, which indicates that Chrome could surpass 24 percent this month. At least as far as StatCounter data suggests, Firefox is now within Chrome's reach.
Firefox dropped below 27 percent share for the first 12 days this month and seems to be on track of losing another full point of market share in September. If the current trend holds up, Chrome may be passing Firefox by November. A major problem for Firefox appears to be the rapid release process as Mozilla has failed to transition users from one version to another version fast enough. Firefox 6, for example, accounts for only 54 percent of Firefox share after nearly a month of availability.
Google typically transitions 80 percent of its user base from one version to another within one week after the release of a new browser version.
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chrome is still a huge security risk.... i dont see it encroaching for long.
Congrats to Google and Chrome users. They capitalized on Microsoft's inability and FireFox's blunders. I'm still an Opera user and if one thing Google is doing right, it's forcing all sectors they decide to enter to rethink how they do business.
Win-Win for the user and technology.
It does appear that above everything else, Google Chrome has the superior update model. I have used Chrome for several years, and have never once been notified that it needs to update because it handles that automatically. And Chrome is already on version 13. This definitely helps that they can roll out patches automatically, it reduces the risk that a user will look to other products to solve browser issues.
Comparatively, IE has terrible trouble getting users to update because customers have to do it manually, increasing the chance that they will look for alternatives to their product. Just look at how many users are still on IE 6.
I can't say that I'm really very surprised. Pretty much everybody I know is using Chrome. In my experience, I just have less trouble with it that I ever did with Firefox or IE....
I love my firefox add-on too much. I can't leave them. Also, Chrome doesn't let me icon my bookmark folders.
I love my firefox add-on too much. I can't leave them. Also, Chrome doesn't let me icon my bookmark folders.
Sounds pretty trivial to me
Chrome has better performance but fewer useful extensions, their extension manager is also more annoying to use.
A area where chrome excels at is load balancing. while it may be single threaded, since each tab has it's own process, it can spread them each out across multiple cores so if you were to do something like refresh 50 tabs at the same time, chrome will do it significantly faster since it will make use of all CPU cores instead of just 1 as with firefox.
chrome is still a huge security risk.... i dont see it encroaching for long.
Could you elaborate on this issue? I was under the impression that it was safer than IE or FF...
It does appear that above everything else, Google Chrome has the superior update model. I have used Chrome for several years, and have never once been notified that it needs to update because it handles that automatically. And Chrome is already on version 13. This definitely helps that they can roll out patches automatically, it reduces the risk that a user will look to other products to solve browser issues. Comparatively, IE has terrible trouble getting users to update because customers have to do it manually, increasing the chance that they will look for alternatives to their product. Just look at how many users are still on IE 6.
I also like the update model and how it automatically updates itself, though you could initiate it yourself if you hit the About Google Chrome button. However Microsoft could also automatically update, if its customers ahd the know how to turn on automatic updates. A lot of their customers are businesses, who have an update backlog to deal with where they test each update for compatability problems for their software. IE6 is still around because businesses insist on using it for compatibillity with custom software, and because both IE7 and IE8 are scary and unavailable to those on older OSs or pirated versions of XP.
probably more to do with people not paying attention while installing other programs and chrome slips in due to an auto checked checkbox. happens all the time at work.
Congratulations! Now hopefully it can avoid becoming another Firefox.
- From an IE supporter.
Congratulations! Now hopefully it can avoid becoming another Firefox.- From an IE supporter.
Firefox is still a great browser. And for people who know how to effectively configure their browsers, its even greater. Who needs 0.05 secs faster loading, 1 sec faster launch, or 30 fish more diving in a bowl, when you are supporting software developpers who actually listen to their users?
Could you elaborate on this issue? I was under the impression that it was safer than IE or FF...
I don't know what that guy was on about, check out
especially the bit at the end of the section
damn, the url didn't print ^^
It does appear that above everything else, Google Chrome has the superior update model. I have used Chrome for several years, and have never once been notified that it needs to update because it handles that automatically. And Chrome is already on version 13. This definitely helps that they can roll out patches automatically, it reduces the risk that a user will look to other products to solve browser issues. Comparatively, IE has terrible trouble getting users to update because customers have to do it manually, increasing the chance that they will look for alternatives to their product. Just look at how many users are still on IE 6.
except when google update breaks and you are stuck on 10... just saying.
Even Firefox is rather slow and dumb let alone IE9 and why don't they get it, it has been years now, minimalism and simplicity is what everybody wants.
So the good old Cloud supporter,Google's Chrome is now getting dangerously close to Mozilla's Firefox. Only because the main body of people that are using chrome now are the ex-mozilla firefox users. Traitors to the core. We all know that IE has to be losing support,but I thought that people would be more loyal than they are.
Not many people realise that by supporting google's chrome,google actually believes that you will support they're own Cloud concept.
Even Firefox is rather slow and dumb let alone IE9 and why don't they get it, it has been years now, minimalism and simplicity is what everybody wants.
Lol, I just uninstalled Chrome today. It's a bit too minimal and simplistic for my tastes. I mainly use Firefox for the add-ons, though I prefer the EI9 interface.
I've been using minimalist browsers since Firefox got to big and bloated. That was somewhere around 1.5 or 2.0 for me. My first was Epiphany. I now use Chrome almost exclusively.
Why would you use Firefox when you can use Pale Moon, which is an optimized build of Firefox?
So the good old Cloud supporter,Google's Chrome is now getting dangerously close to Mozilla's Firefox. Only because the main body of people that are using chrome now are the ex-mozilla firefox users. Traitors to the core. We all know that IE has to be losing support,but I thought that people would be more loyal than they are.
Dude it's software, not some religion, people will use the one that works best for their needs. People who stick with one brand or one company (fanboys) regardless of how good the product is are just idiots.
I disagree with google being alowed to have a dictator forced transistion to the next browser level. You see that is the beauty of Mozilla's Firefox & IE, you can choose when ever you want to migrate to the next level. Freedom! That is what I call it & Google ain't got it, because they believe in the goodness of the Cloud concept. The goodness of the Cloud concept is to have a dictatorship & rule over every body & know every thing about every body.
You've got that right "legacy7955"! You've sure got that right!
Hey "Horhe" I've never heard of "Pale Moon"! Can I find it at the Mozilla sites pages or is it somewhere else.
I disagree with google being alowed to have a dictator forced transistion to the next browser level.
They don't. You don't HAVE to use their auto update OPTION. I upgrade Chrome when I choose. In fact, I waited so long with 11 that I ended up going straight to 13.
I've been using minimalist browsers since Firefox got to big and bloated. That was somewhere around 1.5 or 2.0 for me. My first was Epiphany. I now use Chrome almost exclusively.
As a matter of fact, there are a number of add-ons and customizations for the Chrome, though not as much as for Firefox but then again I haven't used any chrome add-on since forever.
I used to be a diehard FF user, but I've totally switched to Chrome. It just feels so much faster to use, has some pretty nice add-on features now (it was a little barren at first). I also got really sick of how long it took for FF to actually start after I clicked its icon.
I switched to Chrome from Firefox, too. Firefox just seems to get slower and buggier with every release - even though their benchmarks say differently. I still use Firefox to develop in though because Firebug > Chrome Developer tools at the moment.
It does appear that above everything else, Google Chrome has the superior update model. I have used Chrome for several years, and have never once been notified that it needs to update because it handles that automatically. And Chrome is already on version 13. This definitely helps that they can roll out patches automatically, it reduces the risk that a user will look to other products to solve browser issues. Comparatively, IE has terrible trouble getting users to update because customers have to do it manually, increasing the chance that they will look for alternatives to their product. Just look at how many users are still on IE 6.
BETA is actually very stable... and I have been on BETA for almost 2 years and rarely does it crash... besides 14.0.835.163 beta-m is awesome! specially hiding the url bar.. I love that its not there anymore tab url bars are the way to go!
Firefox is too big and bloated but Chrome is not? I hadnt realized that Chrome's tv ads with Lady Gaga were so much effective in brain washing.
A bit of education to the ignorant chrome users:
Chrome installation file: 23.4 mb
Firefox installation file: 13.6 mb
Chrome installation folder: 101 mb (200 mb if you dont delete the backup installation files,which most average users wont)
Firefox installation folder: 36 mb
yeah,Firefox is so much big and bloated.Thank god i have a workstation and i can run it.sigh.