Will Google Chrome have 10% market share by end of 2010?

[acr1965]

Google announced it is seeking a 10% market share by the end of 2010. Do you think they will make their goal? Currently Chrome carries a 3% market share and hope for a 5% share by one year from now.

Chrome Story (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/16/google-eyeing-10-market-share-for-chrome-mac-version-due-by-the-end-of-the-year/)

[renegade08]

Nope.
If they are counting on their Google Chrome OS, then maybe.


{QUOTE-> We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be. <-QUOTE}

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

[Creer]

{QUOTE-> Google announced it is seeking a 10% market share by the end of 2010. Do you think they will make their goal? Currently Chrome carries a 3% market share and hope for a 5% share by one year from now.

Chrome Story (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/16/google-eyeing-10-market-share-for-chrome-mac-version-due-by-the-end-of-the-year/) <-QUOTE}
I don't think so... the main thing which keeps me away from Google is their policy... Google Chrome, no thanks.

[ance]

{QUOTE-> the main thing which keeps me away from Google is their policy... Google Chrome, no thanks. <-QUOTE}

... and the missing adblocker ::)

[tipstir]

I have to agree with the last members post. These browsers need to be like Firefox with add-on features needed for daily usage. Otherwise what's the real deal in using such a browser that would drive anyone crazy with in your face ads, java ads, flash ads an etc.

[renegade08]

{QUOTE-> I don't think so... the main thing which keeps me away from Google is their policy... Google Chrome, no thanks. <-QUOTE}
Creer,

I think that you are too paranoid. :lurking:
{QUOTE->
Google developing eavesdropping software
Audio 'fingerprint' for content-relevant ads
3rd September 2006 08:02 GMT

The idea is to use the existing PC microphone to listen to whatever is heard in the background, be it music, your phone going off or the TV turned down. The PC then identifies it, using fingerprinting, and then shows you relevant content, whether that's adverts or search results, or a chat room on the subject. <-QUOTE}

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/

[firzen771]

{QUOTE-> I don't think so... the main thing which keeps me away from Google is their policy... Google Chrome, no thanks. <-QUOTE}

i feel the same

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> Creer,

I think that you are too paranoid. :lurking:
<-QUOTE}
I think so too, but everyone's entitled to their paranoia.... :)

Truth is, your ISP knows everything you do anyway, so there really isn't anything anyone else can discover that isn't already known.

[Creer]

{QUOTE-> Creer,

I think that you are too paranoid. :lurking:


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/ <-QUOTE}
I just don't trust Google Inc.:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1484314&postcount=3
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=249348

[ance]

{QUOTE-> I just don't trust Google Inc.:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1484314&postcount=3
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=249348 <-QUOTE}

Thank you for these links :thumbd:

[Creer]

{QUOTE-> Thank you for these links :thumbd: <-QUOTE}
You are welcome.

[acr1965]

Anyone try Unchrome?

http://www.abelssoft.net/unchrome.php

[firzen771]

{QUOTE-> Anyone try Unchrome?

http://www.abelssoft.net/unchrome.php <-QUOTE}

sounds like a very interesting program, but how wuld u be able to test it.

[Eice]

Personally, I find it amusing how Mozilla is rushing to reinvent Firefox into a clone of Chrome: tab handling, status bar behavior, new tab page, default theme, multi-process model, etc. Reading the roadmap for Firefox 4.0 almost makes it look like Mozilla is trying to out-Chrome Chrome. Mozilla is running scared, all right.

But as for 10% market share... I'm hopeful, but still skeptical at this point.

[ance]

I hope Mozilla doesn't copy the Google policy ;)

[firzen771]

{QUOTE-> Personally, I find it amusing how Mozilla is rushing to reinvent Firefox into a clone of Chrome: tab handling, status bar behavior, new tab page, default theme, multi-process model, etc. Reading the roadmap for Firefox 4.0 almost makes it look like Mozilla is trying to out-Chrome Chrome. Mozilla is running scared, all right.

But as for 10% market share... I'm hopeful, but still skeptical at this point. <-QUOTE}

if im not mistaken didnt chrome get the new tab page idea from like safari or something? and what do u mean by default theme? cuz firefox has had themes for ages. and o i wuldnt imagine chrome ever trying to do firefox's famous add-ons, now they wuldnt be trying to do that lol ::) every browser steals ideas from each other, chrome isn't the only pioneer.

[renegade08]

{QUOTE-> I just don't trust Google Inc.:
<-QUOTE}

I know that. I was just kidding. I don't trust them too.

[Eice]

{QUOTE-> if im not mistaken didnt chrome get the new tab page idea from like safari or something? <-QUOTE}
Safari 4 beta was released February 2009, five months after Chrome first appeared.

{QUOTE-> and what do u mean by default theme? cuz firefox has had themes for ages. <-QUOTE}
Ever seen the Firefox 3.7/4.0 default theme mockups? Tabs on top, integrated address/search bar, menu bar replaced by two icons right of the address bar?

{QUOTE-> and o i wuldnt imagine chrome ever trying to do firefox's famous add-ons, now they wuldnt be trying to do that lol ::) every browser steals ideas from each other, chrome isn't the only pioneer. <-QUOTE}
The fact is that Firefox hasn't been a pioneer for a very, very long time. The illusion that Firefox is innovating anything actually comes from extension authors instead. I suggest you read the design docs and/or try Minefield and see how hard the devs are trying to copy Chrome. The new tab behavior has just recently landed, and they're now debating whether to copy Chrome's status bar behavior as well, not to mention the current Electrolysis builds that even use existing IPC message-passing and setup code from Chrome.

[ambient_88]

{QUOTE-> Safari 4 beta was released February 2009, five months after Chrome first appeared.


Ever seen the Firefox 3.7/4.0 default theme mockups? Tabs on top, integrated address/search bar, menu bar replaced by two icons right of the address bar?


The fact is that Firefox hasn't been a pioneer for a very, very long time. The illusion that Firefox is innovating anything actually comes from extension authors instead. I suggest you read the design docs and/or try Minefield and see how hard the devs are trying to copy Chrome. The new tab behavior has just recently landed, and they're now debating whether to copy Chrome's status bar behavior as well, not to mention the current Electrolysis builds that even use existing IPC message-passing and setup code from Chrome. <-QUOTE}
Yeah, I agree that Firefox hasn't really done anything innovative lately. The extensions system is the only thing that is really keeping Firefox up there.

When the extensions system for Chrome is fully completed, I will switch to it. I just can't take the ads, so I'm sticking to Firefox. I have AdMuncher to cover that area, but it's not working as well in Windows 7.

[firzen771]

{QUOTE-> -Ever seen the Firefox 3.7/4.0 default theme mockups? Tabs on top, integrated address/search bar, menu bar replaced by two icons right of the address bar?


The fact is that Firefox hasn't been a pioneer for a very, very long time. The illusion that Firefox is innovating anything actually comes from extension authors instead. I suggest you read the design docs and/or try Minefield and see how hard the devs are trying to copy Chrome. The new tab behavior has just recently landed, and they're now debating whether to copy Chrome's status bar behavior as well, not to mention the current Electrolysis builds that even use existing IPC message-passing and setup code from Chrome. <-QUOTE}

ye ive seen the mockup, i thought u meant that it didnt have a default theme at all which is why i commeneted and yet again u ignore the BIGGEST feature i can possibly think of which is add-on support and i havent seen a browser do that yet, and firefox has had the ability for how many years while NO browser has done it yet and now chrome wants to join in cuz they can see add-ons are what keep firefox on top, with add-ons firefox can do whatever any other browser can do plus so much more. its an open-source product, u cant consider other authors making add-ons as separate, its part of the product and community.

[Eice]

{QUOTE-> and yet again u ignore the BIGGEST feature i can possibly think of which is add-on support and i havent seen a browser do that yet, and firefox has had the ability for how many years while NO browser has done it yet <-QUOTE}
You simply adooooore Firefox to bits. That's great. But it doesn't change the fact that they're trying to be Chrome copycats, simple as that.

[firzen771]

{QUOTE-> You simply adooooore Firefox to bits. That's great. But it doesn't change the fact that they're trying to be Chrome copycats, simple as that. <-QUOTE}

i do admit firefox is my favourite browser due to its versatility, it can be used in so many ways beyond a typical browser which makes it unique. other companies are realizing thats basically the main reason people keep using firefox instead of something else and they want in on it as well.

im willing to bet through add-ons, firefox has had all those features of every other browser long ago. or at least most of the features.

[Osaban]

I've used Chrome from the very beginning and I like its simplicity. A lot of people don't like Google because of Gmail, personally I think there is no real privacy on the internet. Why Chrome? Simplicity, security and speed, and it is fast on every machine that I have no matter what hardware.

If they launch their OS early in 2010, I believe they'll probably have even more than 10% share by the end of the year.

[Threedog]

Nah, can't see it.

[1boss1]

I don't see why 1% of people would want to use it, let alone 10%.

[1boss1]

{QUOTE-> I don't personally use Chrome myself, but your perspective is a bit irrelevant here. <-QUOTE}

What question? I didn't ask one.

10% market share, i don't see it happening.

[Mrkvonic]

I don't see why people compare Chrome and FF. The main segment that will suffer from Chrome adoption is IE. As it shows in the last 6 months, both Chrome and FF are on the rise, which means they are both eating from the bigger cake, called IE.

Mrk

[1boss1]

I was implying a no, guessing i should of said it more directly.

If they can convince enough hardware manufacturers to box their hardware with Chrome, they may have a chance but as things are now and going by the adoption rate since launch then no.

I was excited when Chrome was released, i even built one of the most popular Chrome sites on the web but the more i used Chrome and started to write code for it the worse it looked.

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> I don't see why 1% of people would want to use it, let alone 10%. <-QUOTE}
It's faster than most, and safe. What more reason do people need?

[ance]

{QUOTE-> It's faster than most, and safe. What more reason do people need? <-QUOTE}

As I have already said: An adblocker! A browser without an adblocker is unacceptable nowadays :thumbd:

[Eice]

{QUOTE-> As I have already said: An adblocker! <-QUOTE}
Which is what many of us have been enjoying with Chrome for months. Just because it isn't natively supported in the browser itself, doesn't mean it can't be done.

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> As I have already said: An adblocker! A browser without an adblocker is unacceptable nowadays :thumbd: <-QUOTE}
I've never ever used an ad blocker. No need, your brain just tunes out the non-essential stuff automatically anyhow. Who needs one?

There probably will be one when the plugin/extension system is implemented if you need it.

[Osaban]

{QUOTE-> As I have already said: An adblocker! A browser without an adblocker is unacceptable nowadays :thumbd: <-QUOTE}
It works very well with Ad Muncher (I know it is not free). I agree with Kerodo its speed is addictive for me. I think they might have a larger share when they launch their own light operating system for netbooks.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

[ance]

{QUOTE-> No need, your brain just tunes out the non-essential stuff automatically anyhow. Who needs one?
<-QUOTE}

Try it if a big flash layer covers 75 % of the screen :gack:

[zfactor]

i use chrome (dev channel) as my primary browser now. right now actually im using chromeplus. it has everything i could want and can do ad blocking if you choose to add it.

chrome CAN do ad blocking. there are now add ons for it for that. no it doesnt have everything add on wise ff has but for me i found to many add ons just simply slowed down ff to much for my tastes. i like the speed and simplicity of chrome and unless ff makes a HUGE leap i will not be going back. i can honestly say i know a ton of people now converted to using chrome who have uninstalled ff. i do leave it installed but have not touched it in forever. with chromeplus i dont hardly even touch ie anymore either because it has the ietab to use and it works very well. i believe they will gain market share very fast as more add ons are worked out and they are always updating (dev builds) so i dont see this being to far away.

[Noob]

Well, i don't know if it will get 10%
But personally i LIKE Chrome, tested it since it launch date, never changed back :D

After i tried Chrome, will never change back ::)
The good thing about firefox (that i really like) it's the download manager, it RULEEEEEEES ;D

I never used Add ons/Extensions so i don't know what people talk about :P

[firzen771]

once chrome extension support is officially launched, and my most important extensions are ported over or very similar ones are made, then i will DEFINITELY adopt Chrome or to be more specific ill adopt ChromePlus

[Fajo]

I wont move to chrome. FireFox does absolutely everything I need and the Addon's I have are ones I'm used to using. It works for me why change ?

[sded]

Chrome has a very useful feature for mobile users-the one process per tab architecture (AKA sandbox). I do a lot of mobile use of often (distant) poor signal quality wifi sites (from a boat). With something like Opera, if there is a glitch in the data link, the whole program goes into a "not responding" state until things get better. With Chrome, I just lose an individual tab and can go on reading and composing on tabs that are not currently downloading. I do like Chrome in general, but prefer Opera for my home browsing. And mobile users will not get it up to 10%. I think the partnership with Avast! and potentially others will help, though.

[firzen771]

btw quick question, are extensions officially supported yet?

[acr1965]

Today was a good day for Chrome users.

[dw426]

I guess it's time to finally try Chrome, lol. As far as 10% market share, just so I stay on topic here, I have to be honest and say I don't see it happening in 2010 or even 2011. I think 5% is its best bet unless Firefox for some explicable reason begins to drop off the radar or becomes a bloated mess (which of course with add-ons is entirely possible and can already be so).

[firzen771]

whats the web page for chrome extensions, i wanna just take a look at what they have

[dw426]

Seems to be accessible only within Chrome?

[acr1965]

{QUOTE-> whats the web page for chrome extensions, i wanna just take a look at what they have <-QUOTE}
try this-

https://chrome.google.com/extensions?hl=en-US

[firzen771]

{QUOTE-> try this-

https://chrome.google.com/extensions?hl=en-US <-QUOTE}

it works, thx, time to take a look if they have any of my must have extensions yet. ;D btw do these extensions work with ChromePlus?

[ance]

{QUOTE-> Google Chrome Extensions are not supported on your browser. Please download the Beta Channel of Google Chrome to install extensions. <-QUOTE}

Do the extensions only work with Google Chrome Beta? ::)

[xxJackxx]

Not if they are waiting for me to use it. Which isn't going to happen any time soon.

[firzen771]

is this site legit, it seems to have many more chrome extensions? http://www.chromeextensions.org/

[Pedro]

Search, mail, DNS, browser, OS, sure.. keep waiting. I use enough services from them, and i'll probably loose a few as time goes by.

But the herd does not think like this, specially when they don't get to read what i read, so for me it's anyone's guess what market share they'll get. I don't believe they can in that time frame, but it's possible.