Chrome Overtakes IE For Most Popular Desktop Browser - NetMarketShare

[zetsub]

Its official that chrome is now the most popular browser according to every company who measures it. just an FYI this IE stat also include edge

 

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At the end of every month, using public data sources, we can take a look at trends in the desktop and browser markets and the day has finally arrived where Chrome is now a more popular browser than Internet Explorer.

According to Net Marketshare, they state, according to their data from 40,000 websites for the month of April, that Chrome has 41.66% of the browser market share while Internet Explorer has 41.35% which is a small margin of victory for Google and its Chrome browser. Because this is such a small margin, I originally titled this post as “Google Ties Microsoft For Most Popular Browser” as it is sampling and the margin of error surely outweighs the point differential between these two browsers but that’s not the entire picture once I dug a bit further into the data.

If you look at the chart to the right, Edge is not represented even though other charts Net Applications showcases says it has over 3% of the market. The only way I could calculate a number close to the 41.35% shown in the chart is by combining the Internet Explorer and Edge percentages which means that Chrome is actually larger than all of Microsoft’s browsers, combined.

This growth by Chrome should not be too surprising as Microsoft has left Internet Explorer behind for Edge but unfortunately, the Edge browser available to the vast majority of Windows 10 users is a sub-par experience as it lacks basic features like extensions. With that being said, the Windows 10 update coming later this year will make Edge a much better offering which could impact Chrome’s growth.

This is a big milestone for Google as their browser faced and uphill battle against Internet Explorer when it was introduced back in 2008. Considering that the web is a vastly different place today than it was in 2008, having options is a good thing as it forces Microsoft, Google and Mozilla to keep pushing boundaries as the web advances and consumers more of our daily lives.

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/66887/chrome-overtakes-internet-explorer-popular-desktop-browser

Edited May 2, 2016 by WIs4Ever

[DavidM]

It's a good thing "DeepMind" is coming along nicely to help Google analyze all that gathered data!!

[+Warwagon MVC]

I knew me switching to Chrome a few months ago put Chrome ahead.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

I am now using Chrome and Firefox Both 64 Bit versions.

[+Red King Subscriber²]

The new IE6

[Jim K Global Moderator]

For some reason ... I thought this happened years ago.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

16 minutes ago, jjkusaf said:

For some reason ... I thought this happened years ago.

It did, way back in 2012. That statistic came from StatCounter, while today's comes from NetMarketShare. Their data wildly varies due to their stat collection methods.

[Tuskd]

Haha, the only browser a common man knows. How did it gain popularity amongst the masses in the first place? I remember my dad installed it because there was this notification at the Google homepage. I believe this is how a majority of users came to know about it.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Firefox crashed 5 times today so the end is near.

[zetsub]

3 minutes ago, Tuskd said:

Haha, the only browser a common man knows. How did it gain popularity amongst the masses in the first place? I remember my dad installed it because there was this notification at the Google homepage. I believe this is how a majority of users came to know about it.

isnt that whats called advertising?? Google advertised chrome heavily and it has paid off

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Now Firefox has lost all of my passwords so I am now on Chrome 100%

[+Warwagon MVC]

2 hours ago, Gary7 said:

Now Firefox has lost all of my passwords so I am now on Chrome 100%

Why was firefox storing all your passwords? Did you have them password protected?

 

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2 hours ago, warwagon said:

Why was firefox storing all your passwords? Did you have them password protected?

 

Yes

[Boo Berry]

Well deserving. Unlike IE6, you're not stuck with just one version with no new features and just security updates - new features are always being added to Chrome and then released.

 

Firefox, well, lost its way some time ago. Mozilla made decisions the user base didn't respond well to (e.g. Australis, Brendan Eich, XCOM depreciation, etc.) which caused an exodus of then ex-Firefox users. It's really no surprise it's losing market share and that it's playing catch up with Chrome in terms of features, e.g. HTML5, MSE, EME, etc.

 

Edge? Well, it does have a future but it's got some ways to go before it can compete with the more mature Chrome and Firefox. It lacks a lot of features, customization,  functionality and it's incredibly buggy so it's playing catch up with other browsers. I do see a future where Edge becomes the second most used browser behind Chrome, but I also sadly see Firefox fading into obscurity unless Mozilla changes course...

Edited May 3, 2016 by Boo Berry

[+Warwagon MVC]

29 minutes ago, Gary7 said:

Yes

Not sure i would trust any browser to storm then as your only way to remember them. Seems like they get accidentally erased easily. 

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

I have passwords to about 75 sites with user names, how am I to remember them all?

[Boo Berry]

4 minutes ago, Gary7 said:

I have passwords to about 75 sites with user names, how am I to remember them all?

I'd recommend a password manager. KeePass if you want full control over everything, or a third-party manager like LastPass, RoboForm, etc.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

3 minutes ago, Boo Berry said:

I'd recommend a password manager. KeePass if you want full control over everything, or a third-party manager like LastPass, RoboForm, etc.

I have to add that these sites are not banking or credit card sites, mostly forums, gaming sites and so on. I do no online banking. I do have a password manager I use for sites such as new egg and Pay Pal.

[Boo Berry]

I'd use the password manager for everything, honestly. Thankfully I use KeePass, so I can have one database for the really important logins and another database for forums/gaming sites/etc.

[+Warwagon MVC]

24 minutes ago, Gary7 said:

I have to add that these sites are not banking or credit card sites, mostly forums, gaming sites and so on. I do no online banking. I do have a password manager I use for sites such as new egg and Pay Pal.

I don't understand why you would use a password manager for some passwords but not for others.

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

This is clearly because of Edge's incursion on the market taking all of IE's shares.

 

/s

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

38 minutes ago, warwagon said:

I don't understand why you would use a password manager for some passwords but not for others.

If someone gets a password from  some obscure site , it is not a worry. For sites that I have business dealings with such as PayPal, NewEgg and so on, they matter to me and I use use a more secure login. I have been doing this since about 1993 and have not had a problem.

[+Warwagon MVC]

4 minutes ago, Gary7 said:

I have been doing this since about 1993 and have not had a problem.

I thought you just got done saying Firefox lost all your passwords

 

7 hours ago, Gary7 said:

Now Firefox has lost all of my passwords so I am now on Chrome 100%

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Just now, warwagon said:

I thought you just got done saying Firefox lost all your passwords

 

On my machine, not in the intertubes, I was screwing around with it some and maybe tweaked something I should have left alone. Since it was crashing by the hour, I was going to change to Chrome anyway. I was using Slimjet for about a month to prepare for the change.