IE 8 Is Top Browser, Google Chrome Is Rising Fast 319
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from the trend-is-your-friend dept.
from the trend-is-your-friend dept.
An anonymous reader points out that the latest Net Applications numbers show that MSIE 8 has become the world's most-used browser, taking over from IE6, which has been hit by the decline in the use of Windows XP. PCMag.com emphasizes another angle on the numbers, which is that Chrome is the fastest-growing browser. Firefox's market share has stalled just below 25%. Chrome is now in third place, ahead of Safari. The Guardian's article reminds: "There's no guarantee that NetApps' numbers are accurate, and they are very unlikely to be correct to two decimal places. However, they do appear to be a good indicator of market trends."
Re:the more prevalent it remains, the bigger the r (Score:3, Funny)
[...] Obscurity may not be obscurity but it's also not jumping up and down with a target painted on your chest.
;) I see what you did there.
Re:Going by rendering engines... (Score:2, Funny)
some of us still use telnet host:80!!!
It will be through the roof once Chrome OS is out. (Score:3, Funny)
If you think Chrome is becoming popular now, just wait until Chrome OS is finally available on netbooks. Chrome's usage will literally shoot through the roof. It will rise from its current 8% up towards 45% to 50%.
Everybody is underestimating the market penetration of netbooks right now. They're going to go critical within the next two years, and Chrome OS will be there to bring Chrome to the masses.
I immediately thought... (Score:1, Funny)
NetApps? The guys who make the storage filers/toasters/whatever?
Net Application != NetApp (nee Network Appliance)
It took a long time to parse that summary, because I was trying to figure out what the storage guys had to do with browser share.
Re:Going by rendering engines... (Score:3, Funny)
Thank you for an informative response! I must be in the wrong room, I thought this was slashdot. :)
Re:Looking at the bigger picture... (Score:2, Funny)
Unfortunately, this has turned into the IE & Firefox "my way or the highway".
--a SeaMonkey user
Re:Looking at the bigger picture... (Score:5, Funny)
I could really care less who fights for what place - you could care less, but can you try not to?
Re:That O browser... (Score:3, Funny)
Konqueror?
Re:It's very different in some parts of the world (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's very different in some parts of the world (Score:4, Funny)
> I run a website about the Heroes of Might and Magic game series
Okay...
> (very little "geek bias")
Ah. I think a "nerd bias" still impacts browser usage, though.
Re:Going by rendering engines... (Score:1, Funny)
some of us still use telnet host:80!!!
Ohmygosh! Richard Stallman reads Slashdot!
Re:I'm using Chrome (Score:3, Funny)
(like "sl," which gets very annoying now when I type sl and it googles it instead of selecting Slashdot).
That annoys me as well... It's happened enough times that I can say I remember Second Life is the first Google result from a search for "sl".
Re:Who are these people? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the more prevalent it remains, the bigger the r (Score:5, Funny)
It's already happening. Take a look at Firefox. http://i.imgur.com/qD2OV.png [imgur.com]
Re:It will be through the roof once Chrome OS is o (Score:2, Funny)
And I predict that we will see the Year of Linux on the Desktop within the next two years as well. Just wait and see...
Re:Who are these people? (Score:4, Funny)
As well as the honest politicians and the easter bunny?
Re:At some level this is may be a good thing (Score:5, Funny)
Yes and Porsches are made by the same people who invaded France and killed the Jews. Luckily for the human race and society, people and groups change... often times for the better.
Re:It will be through the roof once Chrome OS is o (Score:5, Funny)
Chrome's usage will literally shoot through the roof.
Holy crap. You heard it here first, everyone. STAY AWAY FROM CHROME!!!! It will literally shoot through your roof!