Google has a long way to go before it can take on IE and Firefox
Google Chrome fails to shine
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14 Oct 2008, Iain Thomson , V3
Google's Chrome browser was launched last month in a blaze of publicity, but seems to have attracted little support.
Web analytics firm GetClicky reported that Chrome rapidly picked up three per cent of browser views in the week following its launch, but that usage is now down to half that figure.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox both saw use fall in the first week after Chrome's launch, but this proved short-lived. The two browsers now have market share of around 60 per cent and 30 per cent respectively.
Apple's Safari currently has around five per cent of the market, and Opera has 1.5 per cent, according to GetClicky.
The figures are backed up by vnunet.com's own research, and suggest that Google has a long way to go before it can take on IE and Firefox, even with help from promised versions built for Apple and Linux users.
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Do you agree?
chrome fast but not stable
I tried using chrome as it was launched & I'm impressed how fast it render pages but I noticed when I open a lot of tabs it becomes slower until my computer stalls. I noticed that chrome uses a lot of my computer's memory as compared with firefox 2 that I been using which is stable though not as fast compared with chrome.
Posted by Nestor Brato, 14 Oct 2008
Too early to say
It is too early to say. It is hardly one month since google launched its browser chrome. In my exp. It is quite fast when compared to other available browsers. But if we open more than 4 or 5 tabs, it seems to be hanging. ! In firefox i used to opne 12-14 tabs simultaneously without any issues.
But again, chrome needs more time to get upto its full potential.
Posted by dotcompals, 18 Oct 2008