I remember having a discussion with a co-worker the day they announced, and he swore Chrome would go nowhere, and while I definitely thought it would be an uphi

I remember having a discussion with a co-worker the day they announced, and he swore Chrome would go nowhere, and while I definitely thought it would be an uphill battle, I brought up the fact that their home page is their greatest advertising opportunity (now, they've very smartly moved that role to the less valuable, but still insanely high traffic, properties). So I thought they definitely could pull it off, but a year before chrome, I stupidly thought WebKit should just fold up shop and adopt Gecko. So obviously I can't really predict much. But then I actually tried it as a secondary browser for about a week, and fell in love. Not long after, I finally realized two things: 1. Speed is the killer feature, not just of chrome, but of any software. 2. The auto update feature, on every platform (such as iOS' app store) and browser, was the most ingenious of the two. As a web dev, my biggest worry was the potential chaos, some of which has happened, but waaaay less than I could have ever hoped. They truly did make the updates a first class experience from the developer to the different cases of users.