Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity

holy_calamity writes "After launching in a blaze of publicity that even warmed Slashdot, Google's browser grabbed a 3% share of the market, but has been slipping ever since, and now accounts for 1.5%. Google has also stopped promoting the browser on its search page. Assuming they wanted it to grab a significant share of the browser market, have they dropped the ball, or is this part of the plan?" On Slashdot, Chrome is still the #4 browser (after FF, IE, and Safari) but it was ahead of Safari for a few days, hitting almost 10% of our traffic.

Now we know

[ndansmith]

Now we know how long Slashdot users can stand to browse the internet without AdBlock.

Re:I thought it was in beta

[sulfur]

Google products coming out of beta? I'll be playing Duke Nukem Forever long time before it happens.

Excellent news

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Does this mean I don't have to add it to the list of browsers and platforms I already test with?

Re:Beta browser fails to grow after initial hype

[Phroggy]

Hell personally I'm shocked they beat 1% of people, I'm stunned that 1% of people cared enough to download a new browser.

Google could put a "Sell all my data to China and format my hard drive" button on their home page, and thousands of people would click it.

Re:I know why...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sill using Chrome

Didn't you forgot an H somewhere? ;)

Re:Loyal Users

[Actually, I do RTFA]

And, unfortunately for Chrome, fans of Firefox and Opera are violently loyal customers. Even if Chrome supported addons I would have a hard time giving up my Opera.

Fixed that for you.

Re:Just don't need another browser

[hldn]

id actually forgotten there were ads on the internet.

Re:I know why...

[InsaneProcessor]

"linux program methodology" would be no backwards compatibility when upgrading the platform thus to guarantee everything being broken with one improvement.