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As of just now: * tag [internet-explorer]: 27,934 questions * tag [google-chrome]: 28,153 questions Since the number of questions is your metric for attribut

by Renaud 12y ago

As of just now: * tag [internet-explorer]: 27,934 questions * tag [google-chrome]: 28,153 questions Since the number of questions is your metric for attributing shame, that surely imply that chrome is much worse than IE, especially considering the long legaccy and larger install base of IE vs Chrome... Or, I don't know, could it be possible that the number of questions reflects more than just how bad a piece of software is?

andreasvc 12y ago
Chrome has by far the larger install base. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
- Renaud 12y ago
  Now it does, but there was a time, at least when SO came online, when IE had a much larger install base, and older, troublesome versions of IE were still fairly popular.
- rgbrenner 12y ago
  for a little over 2 years, chrome has been more popular than IE SO is 6 years old
- wfjackson 12y ago
  That's wrong. Statcounter measures usage , while Net Applications measures user share and IE has by far the larger install base.
NicoJuicy 12y ago
[internet-explorer] [internet-explorer-{version}] [google-chrome] [google-chrome-{version}] [google-chrome-extensions] (4,194 questions) [Chromium] (893 questions) + Chrome on Linux, Mac and Windows. Chrome also contains extensions, that would explain why there are a lot of more questions about "Chrome" + i think more tech-savaged people prefer Chrome to IE (because of dev tools), so SO wouldn't be a good reference for an objective market share view.
unwind 12y ago
A 0.8% difference in a measurement this vague is enough to claim something is "much worse" than something else?
dfar1 12y ago
Looks like some people took my comment very personal. Notice that not anywhere I mentioned other browsers, and whether having a lot of issues is a good or bad thing. It's just weird the way they made the announcement.

by Renaud 12y ago

andreasvc 12y ago

Chrome has by far the larger install base. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

Renaud 12y ago
Now it does, but there was a time, at least when SO came online, when IE had a much larger install base, and older, troublesome versions of IE were still fairly popular.
rgbrenner 12y ago
for a little over 2 years, chrome has been more popular than IE SO is 6 years old
wfjackson 12y ago
That's wrong. Statcounter measures usage , while Net Applications measures user share and IE has by far the larger install base.

NicoJuicy 12y ago

[internet-explorer] [internet-explorer-{version}] [google-chrome] [google-chrome-{version}] [google-chrome-extensions] (4,194 questions) [Chromium] (893 questions) + Chrome on Linux, Mac and Windows. Chrome also contains extensions, that would explain why there are a lot of more questions about "Chrome" + i think more tech-savaged people prefer Chrome to IE (because of dev tools), so SO wouldn't be a good reference for an objective market share view.

unwind 12y ago

A 0.8% difference in a measurement this vague is enough to claim something is "much worse" than something else?

dfar1 12y ago

Looks like some people took my comment very personal. Notice that not anywhere I mentioned other browsers, and whether having a lot of issues is a good or bad thing. It's just weird the way they made the announcement.