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Does no one else think the impressive statistic here is that for every 2.5 new Firefox users there's a new Chrome user; considering how young Chrome is (and how

Does no one else think the impressive statistic here is that for every 2.5 new Firefox users there's a new Chrome user; considering how young Chrome is (and how old Firefox is)?

glhaynes 16y ago
It's more established and widespread, thus easier to get converts. But at the same time, it could be argued that it's been around so long that most of the people who would have switched already have. So I think it's still an impressive statistic. But, yeah, in isolation it could be spun several different ways.
daleharvey 16y ago
firefox has seen adoption on a wide scale that a lot of people were skeptical was even possible, at the best a lot of people thought it platued long ago. Chrome came along after firefox proved that market for them, and with major major backing, I see adverts for chrome everywhere online. I think chrome is probably the better browser for the average web surfer, but I think its sad how out of favour firefox has become considering 1. their contributions 2. the awesome stuff they have in labs and 3. how great their browser still actually is, their competition have stepped up, but firefox arent out of the game by a long way.
ZeroGravitas 16y ago
In the comments to the post before this one, the blog author points out that at the same "age" Firefox had nearly double the marketshare (7% compared with 12%). And that was against an entrenched monopoly and without spending millions on billboard advertising. So while the Chrome project is cool technology, it's not particularly impressive in terms of uptake. In fact, if Google wanted Chrome to be all about marketshare, then they could have saved a lot of time and effort and just put out a much more traditional browser. Instead they ripped all the infrastructure down and built it back up again from scratch over time, while thinking about speed, stability and security in order to direct the future of the web. That's mighty impressive to me, I just don't know if it translates to success with the average man in the street.

Does no one else think the impressive statistic here is that for every 2.5 new Firefox users there's a new Chrome user; considering how young Chrome is (and how old Firefox is)?

glhaynes 16y ago

It's more established and widespread, thus easier to get converts. But at the same time, it could be argued that it's been around so long that most of the people who would have switched already have. So I think it's still an impressive statistic. But, yeah, in isolation it could be spun several different ways.

daleharvey 16y ago

firefox has seen adoption on a wide scale that a lot of people were skeptical was even possible, at the best a lot of people thought it platued long ago. Chrome came along after firefox proved that market for them, and with major major backing, I see adverts for chrome everywhere online. I think chrome is probably the better browser for the average web surfer, but I think its sad how out of favour firefox has become considering 1. their contributions 2. the awesome stuff they have in labs and 3. how great their browser still actually is, their competition have stepped up, but firefox arent out of the game by a long way.

ZeroGravitas 16y ago

In the comments to the post before this one, the blog author points out that at the same "age" Firefox had nearly double the marketshare (7% compared with 12%). And that was against an entrenched monopoly and without spending millions on billboard advertising. So while the Chrome project is cool technology, it's not particularly impressive in terms of uptake. In fact, if Google wanted Chrome to be all about marketshare, then they could have saved a lot of time and effort and just put out a much more traditional browser. Instead they ripped all the infrastructure down and built it back up again from scratch over time, while thinking about speed, stability and security in order to direct the future of the web. That's mighty impressive to me, I just don't know if it translates to success with the average man in the street.