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IE 8 Is Top Browser, Google Chrome Is Rising Fast
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."
[...] 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.
some of us still use telnet host:80!!!
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.
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.
Thank you for an informative response! I must be in the wrong room, I thought this was slashdot. :)
Unfortunately, this has turned into the IE & Firefox "my way or the highway".
--a SeaMonkey user
I could really care less who fights for what place - you could care less, but can you try not to?
You can't handle the truth.
Konqueror?
Game! - Where the stick is mightier than the sword!
"very little geek bias"??? you have got to be kidding, who the hell do you think your audience for a game like heroes of might and magic is if it isn't geeks?
> 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.
some of us still use telnet host:80!!!
Ohmygosh! Richard Stallman reads Slashdot!
(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".
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
When I got my girlfriend a Mac she had a hard time switching because she thought I was "taking her Internet away"... yes, she's hot.
It's already happening. Take a look at Firefox. http://i.imgur.com/qD2OV.png
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...
As well as the honest politicians and the easter bunny?
Game! - Where the stick is mightier than the sword!
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.
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!