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Google Chrome passes Safari to become #3 browser in the U.S.
Google Chrome continues its charge ahead, and has finally overtaken Safari to become the third most popular browser in the United States. With 8.97% of the total browser market, Chome now sits behind only Firefox and Internet Explorer -- both of which will take a little more time to catch.
Globally, Chrome fares better still -- with a 9.4% share. That's a pretty meteoric rise for a relatively young browser -- though when you've got a Google-sized marketing networking and partners galore, it's a little bit easier to pull off.
I know it's not even two years old yet, but frankly I'm amazed that it took this long for Chrome to surpass Safari. What about you?
[via Business Wire]
Globally, Chrome fares better still -- with a 9.4% share. That's a pretty meteoric rise for a relatively young browser -- though when you've got a Google-sized marketing networking and partners galore, it's a little bit easier to pull off.
I know it's not even two years old yet, but frankly I'm amazed that it took this long for Chrome to surpass Safari. What about you?
[via Business Wire]
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Subscribe to commentsDave JohnsonJun 28th 2010 1:25PM
Not really. The money quote is this: "Globally Chrome has been well ahead of Safari for some time with 9.4% of the market compared to 4% for Safari. Quite some time is correct. Actually, if you take a look at new market penetration for a program NOT bundled with a system, this growth is phenomenal. Safari is leveraged by being pre-installed and the market share of Mac in the US is almost double their global share.
Jennifer SherryJun 28th 2010 3:23PM
I've had Chrome for a while now, almost since it first came out, and I almost never use it. It seems like you have to download every single bell and whistle. Why can't they start with something nice and then let you thin it out or fatten it up. It's taken me months to get it to where I will even use it. And that was only after reading about this extension or that extension from various web sites. They don't have a very good indexing system.
Johnny BoyJun 29th 2010 4:49AM
I used to be a hardcore Chrome user but I havent used it in awhile. Why? Well it may be speedy gonzales but it is extremely resource intensive. A few tabs and Chrome is already using 300mb already. With Firefox, its light on resources and it only getting better. Chrome really needs to go on a diet.
Secondly, I use full screen mode almost all the time and Chrome's full screen mode is medievalist at best. After two years of development you still cant access all the tabs.
Chrome will lose its market share if it doesnt workout its kinks quick enough. The only thing Google is really focusing on is Javascript. Thats it.
Maxime RouleauJun 29th 2010 11:00AM
I want to like Chrome, I really do.
So far it's an OK browser, but Safari (Webkit nightly) has done a lot more for me this far. I keep the URL bar hidden most of the time and use Quix as a pseudo-omnibar. Until I can have a decent flash blocking extension, like ClickToFlash or Flashless, the option to declutter my toolbar like Firefox, Opera or even Safari, I don't see why I should use it right now.
Furthermore, it's also a lot more resource intensive than Safari on a Mac (which is understandable for a browser that is being developed on 3 different platforms). I could care less if Chrome's javascript engine was 100 milliseconds faster than Safari's, or vice-versa, I blink more slowly than that !
In the end, for me, it's all about the user experience over the performance, I'm a lot more comfortable using Safari than Chrome. Until then, we never know what may happen...