Chrome Beats Rival Browsers in 2011

[James]

Google's Chrome 15 has jumped into the number one spot, replacing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) as the world's most popular browser edition.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/246509/c ... _2011.html

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7

[Fulvio]

At last, I saw you posting, using Chrome 16, and the latest version is;

16.0.912.63

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At last, after deleting the Web History file, it does not bug me telling me that I can't use my present profile, because it was created with a later version. But, it is fast. So fast that it tells me that my home page (myway.com) which is very complex, is unresponsive. But, it loads me without me doing anything special, a couple of seconds later.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20111121 Firefox/8.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.5

[James]

LOL... you crack me up, Fulvio.

Seriously, we shall see what transpires over the next twelve months in terms of browser share. My belief is that Chrome will only get better and better and pull even further away from Firefox. I also believe that Internet Explorer(s) will continue to lose market share unless they can rush out a block-buster IE10 which I would find very unlikely. As for Mozilla... until it puts all of its eggs in one basket (FF/TB)... in other words, stops dividing its resources among several clients... until it realizes that it needs to bring the extensions under more control so that when the browser is updated so too are the extensions/themes... until it stops trying to chase Chrome in updates which it cannot possibly do due to its open source nature... it will continue to lose this race. As for suites (i.e. SM and Opera), I honestly believe they are a relic of the past BUT for those who still want to use them... more power to you. I tried out SM for a few weeks but it just didn't feel right.

Anyway... I see you're still using myway as your home page. Cool.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7

[Fulvio]

James,
Chrome is, one of the several browsers which I have installed. And, it has given me more than its share of problems. I am responding to you, because you are, constantly, saying that Chrome is so great, but, for yours truly, it has been the only browser which has given me some crazy issues.
You know that the Mozilla products are not tied to any one interest, and, so, they appear and are so screwy..
I have little interest of what they do, as long as they do not prevent me from using their products, like Microsoft is. I have Win XP, and will still to it as long as my computer works, so goodbye IE9, and followers.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0a2) Gecko/20111221 Firefox/10.0a2

[James]

James,
Chrome is, one of the several browsers which I have installed. And, it has given me more than its share of problems. I am responding to you, because you are, constantly, saying that Chrome is so great, but, for yours truly, it has been the only browser which has given me some crazy issues.
You know that the Mozilla products are not tied to any one interest, and, so, they appear and are so screwy..
I have little interest of what they do, as long as they do not prevent me from using their products, like Microsoft is. I have Win XP, and will still to it as long as my computer works, so goodbye IE9, and followers.

Fulvio,

I think sometimes you misunderstand me. I never attach any right or wrong to one's choice of browser. Whatever works best for you or me or someone else, that is the browser he should use. I can appreciate many people using a variety of browsers, particularly if they are developers and/or website designers. For the average person who simply wants to go online for information and entertainment, I'm not sure using a variety of browsers is really advisable. BUT there are some of us... you, me and a handful of others who simply like to play around. What can I say? At times I've had IE, Chrome, Opera, Safari, SeaMonkey and Firefox on this computer at one and the same time but only for very brief periods. Overall, I run with three: IE9, Chrome and Firefox for any extended periods. What you do or John does or Mike does really isn't important one way or another and I wasn't trying to make that point.

BUT what I did originally post was: Chrome is rapidly becoming the darling of online users. It's fast (incredibly fast), it's lean and it works flawlessly (at least for me). Tens of millions of people have downloaded it and use it exclusively. They all can't be wrong. Chrome obviously has brought something to the table for which Mozilla needs to sit up and take notice. That really was the point of the thread... not so much a challenge for anyone here on SillyDog to start using Chrome as his/her default browser. We're primarily a Mozilla forum and it would be ridiculous to encourage this. Besides... I still have a soft spot for Mozilla and undoubtedly I will download and use it again.

Meanwhile.... watch the stats and see what happens to Chrome in the new year.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7