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Chrome Beats Internet Explorer On Any Given Sunday

Posted by timothy on from the don't-let-lumberg-find-out dept.

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.)

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  1. Re:Chrome vs IE by ElmoGonzo · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not to mention that there are STILL workplaces where the I.T. control freaks won't permit anything except Internet Exploder on their systems. One place I worked did a periodic scour and removed things like other browsers or email clients.

  2. Or by Rik+Sweeney · · 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).

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  3. I'm forced to use it at work. :( by ciderbrew · · Score: 3, Informative

    They could do this with LotusNotes too. Lots of people use shite that's not fit for purpose at work.

  4. Re:One Reason - IE ActiveX Scripts by steveb3210 · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're out of touch with reality - ActiveX is a dead technology and people will migrate away from it, not the other way around.

  5. Re:Chrome vs IE by Anonymous Coward · · 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:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
        <title>FF's JS implementation sucks balls.</title>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            while(1);
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
    </html>

    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.

  6. Re:Inflated Chrome stats because of page prerender by wile_e_wonka · · Score: 3, Informative

    Answer is here:
    http://gs.statcounter.com/faq#pre-rendering