Chrome Beats Internet Explorer On Any Given Sunday 212
tsamsoniw writes "Over the past three weeks, Chrome has beaten out Internet Explorer as the No. 1 browser in the world — but only on Sundays. In fact, according to data from StatCounter, Chrome usage is higher on weekends than it is during the work week, whereas IE usage drops on Saturdays and Sundays. Evidently, end-users prefer Chrome at home, which might be helping the browser get a foothold at work." (So apparently it's not just a freak occurrence.)
Re:Chrome vs IE (Score:3, Informative)
Or (Score:5, Informative)
Evidently, end-users prefer Chrome at home, which might be helping the browser get a foothold at work.
Or, my employer won't let me install any software on my work machine so I'm stuck with IE(6).
I'm forced to use it at work. :( (Score:4, Informative)
Re:One Reason - IE ActiveX Scripts (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Chrome vs IE (Score:1, Informative)
I can attest to goddamn sluggishness, slowness and lock-ups on pages with dynamic content, though in my case it's linked to JS (might be so in GP's case as well, flash objects are often inserted via JS)
Here's a minimal testcase to see how great FF's JS implementation is:
Tested with FF11 and was like this since ever. Freezes whole fucking browser. Any other browser just slows down a bit (or "a lot" for IE - still works, though, and asks permission to stop).
Browsing JS-heavy sites is a nightmare, especially with older machines - you can't even let it load in background, because whole browser hiccups while running JS.
Re:Inflated Chrome stats because of page prerender (Score:4, Informative)
Answer is here:
http://gs.statcounter.com/faq#pre-rendering [statcounter.com]