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Chrome gains browser market share as all others fall

chromic — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:08:22 +0000

Mozilla’s share gaining streak in the browser market seems to be losing steam in recent months. According to the latest metrics from Net Applications, Firefox lost about 0.2 of a percentage point in February to end with a slightly lower usage share of 24.2%. It was the third month in a row that it fell in the rankings, along with most other major browsers, even as Mozilla converted a sizable chunk of its user base to the newer Firefox 3.6.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer wound up grabbing 61.58% of the market after suffering a month-over-month loss of 0.54 percent, while Safari was down 0.08 points to 4.45% and Opera dipped 0.03 to a mere 2.35%. Google’s Chrome, meanwhile, continued its climb for the sixteenth straight month. Its small 0.4 point gain isn’t exactly overwhelming, but looking at the bigger picture its 5.6% share is remarkable given its short life on the market.

That trend looks likely to continue as Microsoft today starts offering a “browser ballot” encouraging IE users to consider the other browsers on the market. If Chrome keeps up the pace of the last three months it is estimated it will break the 10% mark in October, 11 months ahead of a goal it set last year.

Source: TechSpot

Google Chrome 5.0.307.9 Beta

chromic — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:26:34 +0000

From Official Google Blog:

The Google Chrome Beta channel for Mac and Linux has been updated to 5.0.307.9. This release fixes a few issues to make the browser a bit more reliable:

* [Mac, Linux] Fixed a tab crash that could be triggered by visiting wordpress.com, http://acid3.acidtests.org/, and many other sites. (Issue 35498)
* [Mac, Linux] Fixed a tab crash in image loading. (Issue 32230)
* [Linux] Improved font bolding for fonts without native bold. (Issue 22360)

Why use Google Chrome?

chromic — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:59:20 +0000

Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.

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Search and navigate to web pages from the same box
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Get to your favorite websites with just a click, from the thumbnails of your most visited sites in the New Tab page

Style: Themes to add delight to your browser

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