Chrome gains browser market share as all others fall
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Loading ...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.
Google Chrome 5.0.307.9 Beta
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...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)
Tags: Browser, Changes, Chrome, Chrome 5.0, Direct Download
Google Chrome 5.0.317.2 Beta
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Google Chrome 5.0.317.2 Beta/Dev build released for Windows on Feb 5, 2010.
Changes:
* Integrated page level language translation.
* Added new privacy management tools, under “Options->Under the Hood->Content settings…” which all for better management of images, JavaScript, plugins, and popups.
Direct download through FileHippo
Tags: Chrome
Pin tabs in Google Chrome
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Imran Hussain at iThinkDifferent points out at a great feature, the ability to pin tabs in Google Chrome, simply put a feature that will remember the tabs you most like. It won’t do it automatically for you ofcourse, you have to right click the tab and select “Pin Tab” option and to make sure the tabs re-open each time you start Chrome Browser, you have to choose “Reopen the pages that were last open” from options and you are good to go.
Top 5 Chrome Browser Extensions and Add-ons
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Here are the top 5 best, must have Extensions/Add-ons/Plugins for Google Chrome Browser in my opinion. Please note that the direct links are all linked from Google server it self, they are not hosted here. Which ones are your best? Leave your comment and let us know.
- Google Mail Checker – Install Now (Direct Link)
Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox.It also comes with a swell animation when the number of items in your inbox changes. Google Page for the extension - AdBlock by gundlach – Install Now (Direct Link)
Your favorite feature in Firefox finally comes to Chrome! Block all advertisements on all web pages. Your browser is automatically updated with additions to the filter; just Install and enjoy. This replacement for Firefox’s AdBlock Plus does everything possible to make your browsing experience awesome:- It’s optimized for speed! It squeezes every millisecond out of every filter, figuring out several ways to go faster than a standard filter subscription checker.
- You can have a button next to the Wrench — or not if you don’t want it. We’re pretty proud of that, as we think we’re the only extension that supports an optional browser action button!
- It has an awesome blacklisting UI for if an ad does sneak by — click on the background of the page and press Ctrl-Shift-K (or use the browser button), and it will walk you through targeting exactly what to block.
Google Page for the extension
- Google Translate – Install Now (Direct Link)
This extension adds a button to your browser toolbar. Click the translate icon whenever you want to translate the page you’re visiting.The extension also automatically detects if the language of a page you’re on is different from the language you’re using for your Google Chrome interface. If it is, a banner appears at the top of the page. Click the Translate button in the banner to have all the text on the page appear in the new language.
Google Page for the extension - Facebook for Google Chrome by benhiller – Install Now (Direct Link)
This unofficial extension lets you read your Facebook news feed and wall. You can also update your status by clicking on your profile picture. This extension works with the nightly version of Chromium for Linux, but not with the Chrome beta for Linux.
Google Page for the extension - Chromed Bird by cezarsa – Install Now (Direct Link)
Chromed Bird is a Twitter extension that allows you to follow your timelines and interact with your Twitter account. Chromed Bird is an awesome Twitter extension for Google Chrome with lots of features. Some of the current features are:- Supporting lists and favorites timelines;
- Follow your timelines and navigate through your tweets;
- Compose, reply, RT, share, favorite and delete tweets;
- Create short URLs within the extension;
- Track read / unread tweets;
- Notify user whenever new tweets arrive;
- Tweets caching to avoid hitting Twitter’s API rate limit;
Tags: Addons, Best, Chrome, Direct Download, Extensions, Plugins
Google Chrome Browser latest version direct download link
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...I have never liked the fact that many software companies have decided to cut down on standalone installers and instead have chosen to remotely download whatever software it is via a small software. Users have to install a small downloader software first, run it and use that to download and install the full software.
This is the case with most of Google’s softwares now, like Google Earth, Google Talk and most important of all, Google Chrome Browser but I cannot live without the standalone installer, even though I am on high speed Internet, downloading isn’t a problem for me, I just like it the other way.
I am sure many of you, esp. those on slow speed Internet would like to have a direct download link to the standalone installer which can be used to install Google Chrome without the hassles. Well, here you go:
Direct Download Link to ALWAYS Latest version of Google Chrome
I do not want to post a link for each version of Google Chrome just yet. Above link is directly from Google, it will always have the latest stable release version of Google Chrome. You can just click above, then check the box for “Accept and Install” and the download for standalone installer will start.
Leave your comments and let me know what you think of this.
Tags: Chrome, Chrome OS, Direct Download
