Google Chrome has 20% global market share

Re:Google Chrome has 20% global market share by cletus on Friday July 01, 2011 @10:46AM (#2718518)

That's not quite correct.

Firefox constantly bugs you to upgrade and it's annoying because it does it when it starts up. Why is it starting up? Because I want to use it. Not the right time to upgrade.

Chrome just automatically updates itself, which is a MUCH better user experience (IMHO).

As for IE6/7 users, I would say they're largely using it at work where they have no choice.

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Re:Google Chrome has 20% global market share by Gunther on Friday July 01, 2011 @12:27PM (#2718959)

I agree, I really like the automatic updating that Chrome uses.

I think that both Firefox and IE will eventually change to that model also. It gets out security patches more quickly, ensures that most everyone is using the latest renderer, has the latest features, and best of all doesn't nag me about updates.

There are definitely disadvantages to automatic updates, but for me personally I find the advantages too tempting to go back.

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Re:Google Chrome has 20% global market share by owenmarshall on Friday July 01, 2011 @01:10PM (#2719168)

I believe starting with Fx5 the updater will now automatically apply updates as Chrome does.

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