Google Chrome Becomes World's No. 1 Browser

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Google Chrome Becomes World's No. 1 Browser

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 21, 2012 @05:23AM from the top-of-the-class dept.

redletterdave writes "Just six months after Google Chrome eclipsed Mozilla's Firefox to become the world's second most popular Web browser, Chrome finally surpassed Microsoft's Internet Explorer on Sunday to become the most-used Web browser in the world, according to Statcounter. Since May 2011, Internet Explorer's global market share has been steadily decreasing from 43.9 percent to 31.4 percent of all worldwide users. In that time, Chrome has climbed from below 20 percent to nearly 32 percent of the market share. Yet, while Chrome is now the No. 1 browser in the world, it still lags behind Internet Explorer here in the U.S., but that will soon change. Chrome currently has 27.1 percent of the U.S. market share, compared to Internet Explorer's 30.9 percent, but IE is seeing significant drop-offs in usage while Chrome continues to rise."

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Time for cake! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-21 05:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Where is the cake for Google, Microsoft?
You love to send one to Mozilla every so often, why not Google? Look at how far they have come! Isn't it amazing? Wittle Goog all growed up!
What? No cake policy? Aw, you're just no fun now.
1. Re:Time for cake! by recoiledsnake · 2012-05-21 05:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Where is the cake for Google, Microsoft?
  You love to send one to Mozilla every so often, why not Google? Look at how far they have come! Isn't it amazing? Wittle Goog all growed up!
  What? No cake policy? Aw, you're just no fun now.
  They stopped sending cakes to Mozilla when they switched to the fast release model for Firefox, once they realized that they were spending a million a quarter on cakes because of a Firefox version coming out every time someone sneezed.
  I believe the same would hold for Chrome as well.
  
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Re:No wonder Chrome is gaining users by marcosdumay · 2012-05-21 05:44 · Score: 4, Funny

Nearly so. You can opt out if you find the checkbox hidden in a dark room in Alpha Centaury behind a warning of beware the leopard.
But they don't force people to actualy use it.

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so, what you're saying is, by Eponymous+Hero · 2012-05-21 05:54 · Score: 3, Funny

there were two eclipses yesterday.

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Re:Yay? by EvilBudMan · 2012-05-21 06:01 · Score: 1, Funny

Everyone knows that Facebook is the evil company now, with their new FaceBook OS, and new FB phones, and gadgets. They are everywhere now with even more spy data than Google has.
Attention hipsters: by gman003 · 2012-05-21 06:17 · Score: 4, Funny

Chrome has now "sold out", and may only be used "ironically".
The current "hip" browser is now Lynx in an xterm window set to use Helvetica (it's "vintage"). Please adjust your usage accordingly.
Re:Yes Yay, Celebrate the Competition by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-21 08:35 · Score: 0, Funny

What a brilliant comeback. I sit in awe of your magnificent debating skills.
Re:Superior browser by Malvineous · 2012-05-21 11:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Let's see:
-The toolbar can't be customized
-No real AdBlock
-Extensions are glorified userscripts
-Installs Google Updater
-Memory usage goes through the roof with a lot of tabs opened (higher than Firefox could ever hope it to go)
Don't worry, I'm sure Mozilla are working on getting these features into Firefox as we speak!