Can Google Chrome Win the Browser War?
I know it is a silly question as Internet Explorer still holds more than 60% market share and Firefox almost 25%… But in 2002, IE had more than 80% market share. If you look at how things have changed over the last few years, IE is definitely going to get under 50% in the next two years. So can Google Chrome take it on FF and IE? Without considering the browser of the Richmond giant, the market share of Firefox is six times higher than the one of Chrome (24% to 4) and it has a lot more extensions than Chrome. In fact, this was the strength of this browser: thousands of convenient, loved extensions that enhance the capabilities of your browser, would it be for blogging or just navigating.
However, Google has updated the browser last month and enabling developers to create extensions. In a few months, you might have as many extensions on this new browser as on FF. The second element has been the release of a version for Mac, which has for sure highly contributed to the over take of Safari as number 3 web browser. The last point is the ubiquity of Chrome, especially here in the UK: not only you can see ads online to download it (check You Tube), but there are also printed ads on billboards and magazines.
So Chrome is for sure gaining momentum, but can it sustain it to reach the first place? Well it will depend on how average users greet it: most of people use IE despite the fact this is clearly not the best browser on the market as they are used to it because it is the pre-install browser when you buy a PC. This will change with a ruling of the EU that will oblige Microsoft to have several browsers on its operating system. If people have access to it, I think it could make it. It is faster than any other web browser on the market and probably as safe as Firefox. Getting extensions does not slow it down, contrary to FF. Besides, they have all the resources of a giant such as Google to keep improving it and market it to people. At the end, this fight between all these companies is only beneficial to users as we will keep getting better browsers. The only downside in this is that Google, through Chrome, will get even more information about us.
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