RSSGoogle's Chrome is gaining users, especially in the wee hours
By Jacqueline Emigh | Published September 4, 2008, 2:33 PM
Less than day after its beta release on Sept. 2, statistics show Google's Chrome became the fourth most used browser on the Web, well above Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8.0 -- another browser that had shown big gains in recent days.
According to the latest market share statistics from Net Applications, Google's Chrome attained usage of 1.48 percent at 4:00 am EDT on Sept. 3, fell off some, and then peaked at 2:00 am on Sept. 4 at 1.57 percent.
At 1:00 pm on Sept. 4, usage of Chrome had dropped to 0.85% -- but that was still away ahead of beta 2 of IE 8.0, a browser that saw average usage of 0.24% on September 3.
BetaNews noted that Net Applications' numbers for Chrome can be somewhat misleading if you don't consider the hour of day. Chrome's share seems to soar highest at times when US business users -- as well as most consumers -- aren't all that likely to be surfing the Web.
Still, both Chrome and IE 8.0 Beta 2 have been making impressive progress, based on the statistics.
"With the release of Beta 2 on August 27th, Internet Explorer 8.0 usage share has started to jump. Within three days of its release, usage share was already 500 percent above the peak Beta 1 usage share," according to a report by Net Applications. Since Beta 1 was primarily a developer's preview, Beta 2 is the first release to have the new features intended for the final release. These features include a much improved address bar, private mode browsing, better tabs and improved navigation."
Meanwhile, spurred by the release of the iPhone 3G, iPhone Web browsing skyrocketed 58% from July to August, for an average score of 0.30% in August, says another report from Net Applications.
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For google could be natural to implement some "indexing" of you PRIVATE PC data as well :) Think about!
There is the MARKET for advertisements embedded INTO BROWSER not website. Smart move for google and bad news for all of us....
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|How is it bad news for anyone?
If you *choose* to download it, and *choose* to enable the functionality, obviously, you *want* the functionality.
How's that bad?
If you *choose* not to download it, or *choose* not to enable the functionality, you've *chosen* not to have it.
How's that bad?
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|How about the people with browser obsessive-compulsive disorder? Those poor bas****s that must use the latest browser, at any costs, at least 2,4,5,10 or 100 times in a row? They cannot *choose* "things" or "actions" as you do.
It's a disease not to be forgotten. But you didn't think of those people, did you? No! I didn't think so!
No! I didn't think so.
No! I didn't think so.
No! I didn't think so.
..Humm.. 1,2,3,4..
No! I didn't think so!
5! Phew!
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|OK, I lol'ed.
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|Let the spying begin !
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|*or*
Don't check the box during installation.
*shakes head*
Idiots get what they deserve.
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|Something funny I thought I would share.
I went to the More Google Products page and tried to install the Google Toolbar. The Toolbar link took me to the Google Toolbar for Firefox page. LOL
I guess you can't run Google Toolbar in Google Chrome.
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|That's because if you actually run Chrome it is virtually a Google toolbar.
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|Only for searching. The toolbar also provides quick access to bookmarks, email, groups, news sites, etc.
I just thought it was funny that the link from Chrome to me to a Firefox page.
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|You'd think, since it identifies itself similarly to Safari, that you'd at least get the Safari page.
Interesting find. :)
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|ROFL! Google Chrome is only two days old and it already has more market share than Opera!!!
In fact in just the first 24 hrs. Google Chrome muscled it's way to a 1% market share, something Opera is YET to achieve!
When people experience the Webkit engine, the same engine that powers the world's best browser, Safari 3, they never look back.
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|Do you really find that surprising, considering the fact that Google uses its front page to promote Chrome? Google can use its dominance in different markets to push its browser, just like Microsoft did.
Firefix is better than Safari, but oh well. Keep on trolling.
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|That's right! Once I saw it I knew it was time to move ahead, dump the Mac and replace it with a Chumby. It's productivity and design beat any Apple product!
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|After downloading Chrome I am not impressed, I uninstalled it as fast as IE8 beta. Both worthless. As for the iphone stats, there are millions more of internet users from computers then there are iphones. Comparing the two would be like oh how many people walk versus how many people travel to the moon compared to total population. The iphone may be doing well, but not compared to the whole picture.
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|Downloaded and installed Chrome, tried it out, was NOT impressed in the least with it...
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|I like that Chrome crashes simply by typing :% into the address bar. Good Work Google.
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|Not on a XP SP3 system it does not having just tried said.
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|.0.2.149.27.
IOW: Beta.
Seriously, are you delusional? Other than the whizzbang geniuses here who see these posts and try that little trick, who the hell else is *ever* going to type that in their address bar?
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|Good thing there are less then 10 good Chrome rootkits..
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|I miss mouse gestures as well. But as far as using IE8, since it didn't work with some of my sites I had to uninstall it since I couldn't use IE7 along side it. Chrome allows you to use whichever browser you normally use and just test it out.
I think that is the main reason (besides not liking MS) as to why the numbers are higher for Chrome.
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|There's a fix to IE7 tab on IE 8 to the right of address bar my partner uses that to play on line web games,Chrome and Firefox 3.01 will not play the shockwave software even though they both have these plug-ins.
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|But are these numbers from Net Applications really valid?
http://my.opera.com/haav...-stats-after-publishing
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|Chrome is ok but I won't take it as a serious contender until after they add support for a non beta version of java.
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|iPhone Web browsing skyrocketed 58% from July to August
58%?!? Impressive!
(well, until you get to the next bit...)
for an average score of 0.30%
Yes, folks....even Chrome has more users than the iPhone.
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|Take into consideration those states are generally pulled from 500 to 1000 web sites depending on the person doing it. Its simple to say one browser has more users. Go pull a bunch of web sites listed for IE content only. I know with school there is plenty of um out there specially on campus. Not sure the last time I saw someone pull netflix, or microsofts web site up via an iphone. Not much point. But those two web sites are also included in many pulls due to the large amount of users. And if your netflix on demand viewer then you would be using IE also.
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|Hey Moron, why don't you pull your head out of your rear for a change? (http://i6.photobucket.co...ovagina/head-in-ass.jpg)
OF COURSE CHROME HAS MORE USERS THAN THE iPHONE. ONE IS FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE WHILE THE OTHER IS NOT...
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|Z strikes again.
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|One's been out for two days...the other for well over a year.
Hmmm....
Nice picture by the way. Self-portrait?
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|Given the fact that IE8 replaces IE7/IE6 and Chrome is in addition to those, that's no wonder. I assume people will be OK to try it out, knowing they can still use IE7 if needed.
(Not to mention that non-tech media welcomed Chrome much more than IE8)
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|all I can say about chrome:
I like it, I like it a lot. It's lightning fast, seems incredibly stable so far (2 days up)
has no problem with any site I've come across.
on the downside.. I really do miss mouse gestures!
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|I agree with nearly every point except I have had it crash when clicking on bookmark tab,ok with only one tab open,in that if more than one tab is open only the crashed tab goes down,saying that I cannot remember Firefox crashing,mind it's in beta ,but it boots very quick so no real problem.
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|It's stil; a abeta, and it shows.
Just type :% in the address bar if you want to see it crash beautifully.
Even so, it's still fast and light, and that's a definite bonus.
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