Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 13, 2008 @04:20AM from the still-no-mac-version dept.

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.

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Re:I know why... by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-13 12:39 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I booted up windows to see what all the fuss was about, then went right back to linux. Let me know when they have a package in the ubuntu repository.
That's funny. I did the same with Linux and went right back to Windows.
Geez... how the hell did the parent comment get modded insightful? What great insight was conveyed? Okay, so we heard anecdotal evidence that the AC tried it out (no insight there) and requested notification when a package is available. Unless you provide a means of contacting you, "let me know" is simply trolling.