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Has the IE haters understood that Chrome is the biggest threat to Firefox and not IE? IE will still be deployed in Fortune 500 companies for years because Micr

by toto 16y ago

Has the IE haters understood that Chrome is the biggest threat to Firefox and not IE? IE will still be deployed in Fortune 500 companies for years because Microsoft work closely with them. Chrome has all I need: speed and addons. All the great addons for developping have been ported. Why should I use FF?

fierarul 16y ago
Indeed, Firefox uses too much RAM, I'm into my first week of almost entirely Chrome usage.
- mhansen 16y ago
  Please, let's not turn this into a 'share your browser switching story' thread.
patrickk 16y ago
Yes, and those technically-literate enough to have used FF in the past will appreciate Chrome's speed. But those who use IE by default and have never heard of FF or Chrome won't upgrade regardless. As you said, Chrome is mainly a threat to FF and not IE.
axod 16y ago
FWIW, Here's a graph of usage on Mibbit.com for a year to Jan: http://mibbit.com/browserShare.png http://mibbit.com/browserShare.png As you can see, Firefox was pretty flat, and Chrome ate into IE. Obviously the caveat is that this is for a specific webapp, but I think it mirrors what is happening. Chrome isn't going after the same crowd as Firefox really. Chrome is going after the masses. Firefox has always been slightly more techy extension installing people.
- JulianMorrison 16y ago
  Interesting pattern there. IE 6 and 7 are collapsing as IE8 grows. I'd interpret that as: Windows users are having to switch anyway - which opens them up to the option of switching away from IE entirely.
  - inerte 16y ago
    Or have it open for them by the European Comission.
  - icey 16y ago
    I think there's another force at play - everyone knows who Google is, so there is an additional illusion of safety by going with Chrome. Outside of the tech world, not a lot of people know or care about the Mozilla Foundation; there's no implicit guarantee of quality.
ananthrk 16y ago
The only thing that (still) keeps in FF is Vimperator.
- enomar 16y ago
  https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?itemlang=&q=vim https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?itemlang=&q=...
wanderr 16y ago
Who cares? If browser tech is getting better, we all win. Besides, FF isn't sitting still, they are borrowing Chrome's best features. The beauty of OSS.
what 16y ago
You should use FF if you want to use FF, it's personal preference. This video, shown on chrome shorts, explains it better than I can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0#t=58s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0#t=58s

by toto 16y ago

fierarul 16y ago

Indeed, Firefox uses too much RAM, I'm into my first week of almost entirely Chrome usage.

mhansen 16y ago
Please, let's not turn this into a 'share your browser switching story' thread.

patrickk 16y ago

Yes, and those technically-literate enough to have used FF in the past will appreciate Chrome's speed. But those who use IE by default and have never heard of FF or Chrome won't upgrade regardless. As you said, Chrome is mainly a threat to FF and not IE.

axod 16y ago

FWIW, Here's a graph of usage on Mibbit.com for a year to Jan: http://mibbit.com/browserShare.png http://mibbit.com/browserShare.png As you can see, Firefox was pretty flat, and Chrome ate into IE. Obviously the caveat is that this is for a specific webapp, but I think it mirrors what is happening. Chrome isn't going after the same crowd as Firefox really. Chrome is going after the masses. Firefox has always been slightly more techy extension installing people.

JulianMorrison 16y ago
Interesting pattern there. IE 6 and 7 are collapsing as IE8 grows. I'd interpret that as: Windows users are having to switch anyway - which opens them up to the option of switching away from IE entirely.
- inerte 16y ago
  Or have it open for them by the European Comission.
- icey 16y ago
  I think there's another force at play - everyone knows who Google is, so there is an additional illusion of safety by going with Chrome. Outside of the tech world, not a lot of people know or care about the Mozilla Foundation; there's no implicit guarantee of quality.

ananthrk 16y ago

The only thing that (still) keeps in FF is Vimperator.

enomar 16y ago
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?itemlang=&q=vim https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?itemlang=&q=...

wanderr 16y ago

Who cares? If browser tech is getting better, we all win. Besides, FF isn't sitting still, they are borrowing Chrome's best features. The beauty of OSS.

what 16y ago

You should use FF if you want to use FF, it's personal preference. This video, shown on chrome shorts, explains it better than I can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0#t=58s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0#t=58s