Although it leaked a day before, on September 2, 2008 Google released officially the Beta version of Google Chrome, its brand new web browser. Google had been showing their support for Firefox, but finally decided to go on their own using as main weapons the rendering engine of Safari, WebKit, a new virtual machine that called V8, and a home page very similar to Speed dial Opera.
Eight years have passed since then, that even as little time he has served Chrome to overcome all browsers on the market makes it the absolute leader in the sector. And although lately are born new projects, it seems still very far off that one of them can dethrone the champion of Google.
‘Why we are launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for usersand, at the same time promoting innovation on the web.’ ” With these words explained Sundar Pichai and Linus Upson, vice president of Product Management and Engineering Director respectively, why a company as Google is launched into such an adventure.
In our first analysis we told that to be a beta was not bad, but it had several flaws that seemed to have a promising future. Yes, its first beta did not see neither a panacea nor as a browser that were yet ready for everyday use. Eight years later, more than half of Internet users in the world continues to rely on it.
The community welcomed him with banter at first finding many Lookalike between your logo and other products. Acho years later, the recurring joke about the browser of Google, which usually refers to the much RAM that has been consuming in their versions of recent years.
As for the new, far left and the autofill forms of version 6, the hardware acceleration performance accelerated 60 times in the seventh, or [password synchronization the eighth version. Its latest enhancements being of performance to leave behind its reputation glutton, its banishment from Flash using HTML5 default or the integration of Google Cast to make Chromecasts streaming without needing extensions.
But the importance of Chrome goes beyond its utility as a browser companies. Beside him Google also maintains Chromium, an open source project code in which the community cooperate to develop new features and web standards, and in which many other projects are based. It is a masterstroke by Google, as well as make use of feedback from the community to develop Chrome also develops the base that uses part of its competence. If ever Chrome is exceeded, it may be thanks to Chromium.
Chrome is the undisputed king of the browsers
Sept 2015Oct 2015Nov 2015Dec 2015Jan 2016Feb 2016Mar 2016Apr 2016May 2016June 2016July 2016Aug 20160%14%28%42%56%70%ChromeFirefoxIESafariOperaOther (dotted)StatCounter Global StatsTop 5 Browsers from Aug 2015 to Aug 2016
Eight years after its launch, Chrome is the undisputed king of the browsers, and despite the differences in their methodologies, both Netmarketshare as StatCounter, the two main pages of statistics, still encaromándole on top of their tables adoption rate. Albeit with differences in their interpretations.
Netmarketshare still reflects the impact of Internet Explorer at the corporate level, and although crown to Chrome as a leader with 53.97% market share, so not too far from the browser of Microsoft, which continues giving it a 27.38%. As for the rest, Firefox is placed with 7.79% usage, Microsoft Edge with 5.16% and Safari with 4.28%.
StatCounter meanwhile gives Chrome a 58.37%, similar to the previous web number, but does not place its nearest rival to run into 13.92% with your statistics give Firefox.Internet Explorer in this case is 9.8%, 9.61% Safari, and Opera complies with 1.78% usage.
Those who are new proposals do not appear as Vivaldi, the browser for advanced users of the ex-CEO of Opera, or Brave, the new project of former CEO of Mozilla. The premise of both changes is the same as used in your day with Google Chrome: the web technologies change and worth creating a browser that meets the demands of today. Will he succeed in any of these two projects or other outperform Chrome? We will see over the next eight years.
Although it leaked a day before, on September 2, 2008 Google released officially the Beta version of Google Chrome, its brand new web browser. Google had been showing their support for Firefox, but finally decided to go on their own using as main weapons the rendering engine of Safari, WebKit, a new virtual machine that called V8, and a home page very similar to Speed dial Opera.
Eight years have passed since then, that even as little time he has served Chrome to overcome all browsers on the market makes it the absolute leader in the sector. And although lately are born new projects, it seems still very far off that one of them can dethrone the champion of Google.
‘Why we are launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for usersand, at the same time promoting innovation on the web.’ ” With these words explained Sundar Pichai and Linus Upson, vice president of Product Management and Engineering Director respectively, why a company as Google is launched into such an adventure.
In our first analysis we told that to be a beta was not bad, but it had several flaws that seemed to have a promising future. Yes, its first beta did not see neither a panacea nor as a browser that were yet ready for everyday use. Eight years later, more than half of Internet users in the world continues to rely on it.
The community welcomed him with banter at first finding many Lookalike between your logo and other products. Acho years later, the recurring joke about the browser of Google, which usually refers to the much RAM that has been consuming in their versions of recent years.
As for the new, far left and the autofill forms of version 6, the hardware acceleration performance accelerated 60 times in the seventh, or [password synchronization the eighth version. Its latest enhancements being of performance to leave behind its reputation glutton, its banishment from Flash using HTML5 default or the integration of Google Cast to make Chromecasts streaming without needing extensions.
But the importance of Chrome goes beyond its utility as a browser companies. Beside him Google also maintains Chromium, an open source project code in which the community cooperate to develop new features and web standards, and in which many other projects are based. It is a masterstroke by Google, as well as make use of feedback from the community to develop Chrome also develops the base that uses part of its competence. If ever Chrome is exceeded, it may be thanks to Chromium.
Chrome is the undisputed king of the browsers
Sept 2015Oct 2015Nov 2015Dec 2015Jan 2016Feb 2016Mar 2016Apr 2016May 2016June 2016July 2016Aug 20160%14%28%42%56%70%ChromeFirefoxIESafariOperaOther (dotted)StatCounter Global StatsTop 5 Browsers from Aug 2015 to Aug 2016
Eight years after its launch, Chrome is the undisputed king of the browsers, and despite the differences in their methodologies, both Netmarketshare as StatCounter, the two main pages of statistics, still encaromándole on top of their tables adoption rate. Albeit with differences in their interpretations.
Netmarketshare still reflects the impact of Internet Explorer at the corporate level, and although crown to Chrome as a leader with 53.97% market share, so not too far from the browser of Microsoft, which continues giving it a 27.38%. As for the rest, Firefox is placed with 7.79% usage, Microsoft Edge with 5.16% and Safari with 4.28%.
StatCounter meanwhile gives Chrome a 58.37%, similar to the previous web number, but does not place its nearest rival to run into 13.92% with your statistics give Firefox.Internet Explorer in this case is 9.8%, 9.61% Safari, and Opera complies with 1.78% usage.
Those who are new proposals do not appear as Vivaldi, the browser for advanced users of the ex-CEO of Opera, or Brave, the new project of former CEO of Mozilla. The premise of both changes is the same as used in your day with Google Chrome: the web technologies change and worth creating a browser that meets the demands of today. Will he succeed in any of these two projects or other outperform Chrome? We will see over the next eight years.