What you think of future of google chrome ?

What you think of future of google chrome ?

Cast you own opinion and precition about google chrome.

Will probably take third place once it's all done, but could take second place. I doubt it'll do much to sway IE users, if they're not swayed by Firefox then they probably won't be by chrome. It seems to appeal to a good deal of firefox users, though (hence why I believe it could beat firefox someday). On the other hand, most computer users are familiar with Google, and not so with Mozilla, so those who didn't convert to Firefox may convert to Chrome nonetheless because they think they can trust Google. Unless IE8's good enough to hold onto those users.

Originally posted by EJ902:

On the other hand, most computer users are familiar with Google, and not so with Mozilla, so those who didn't convert to Firefox may convert to Chrome nonetheless because they think they can trust Google.

yes, I think google brand name will help chrome beat firefox for sure. But for IE, I am still not sure as IE comes bundled with windows and huge user base still not interested in trying anything other than what came with the box. So, chrome is likely to catch 2nd place in my view.

i think it will go better than opera

Google's ubiquitous web dominance will create much exposure for Chrome and cause many people to use it
Chrome will gain users mainly from IE, and some from FF
Opera will gain users from IE too after Chrome solidifies the idea of "alternative browser" in more people's minds
that will cause more people to actively seek out a better browser, and thus discover Opera
but Google has become way too powerful, and is a threat to personal privacy - thus I do NOT use any Google-ware products
besides, I cannot understand the attraction of such a boring, unsophisticated & ugly browser as Chrome

I voted "Chrome will not be among the top three browsers." I think Chrome will take Opera's fourth place, leaving Opera in fifth. This is the meaning of my signature.

NetApplications already shows Chrome with about 0.7% share, compared to Opera's 0.74%.

yes, I think google brand name will help chrome beat firefox for sure.

Google brand name does not install itself on computers and makes users use their software.

besides, I cannot understand the attraction of such a boring, unsophisticated & ugly browser as Chrome

If you used IE before, Chrome would be a million times better

NetApplications already shows Chrome with about 0.7% share, compared to Opera's 0.74%.

And people don't do their homework. Read this please -> http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2008/09/04/why-is-net-applications-hitslink-changing-its-browser-stats-after-publishing

Originally posted by xErath:

yes, I think google brand name will help chrome beat firefox for sure.

Google brand name does not install itself on computers and makes users use their software.

Mozilla doesn't either. What's your point?

Originally posted by xErath:

NetApplications already shows Chrome with about 0.7% share, compared to Opera's 0.74%.

And people don't do their homework. Read this please -> http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2008/09/04/why-is-net-applications-hitslink-changing-its-browser-stats-after-publishing

Again, I'm not sure what your point is. NetApplications/HitsLink QAs their statistics; they now give an indication if their statistics include any that have not yet been checked by QA. That's the reason for the change in data when there is one. It looks like Haavard did not do his homework.

The Opera site uses HitsLink for its own statistics (see bottom right of page I linked to). Are they knowingly using an unreliable source of statistics?

A liitle more development and the chrome will beat firefox easily. chrome runs smooth in my pc than firefox, only it takes more time to open the sittes. Less resource hoggy....

Firefox has shown itself to be light on resource usage. There are many reproducible experiments that show Firefox uses less memory than other browsers, for example.

The benefit of Chrome is that it takes into account the fact that all browsers have memory leaks; by putting all pages loaded in a tab into a separate process, any memory leaked is reclaimed when you close the tab. That might make memory use lower than other browsers after weeks of use when memory leaks have had some time to build up, but won't cause lower memory use in the first several days of browsing.

I think Chrome has quite an uphill battle against Firefox. Chrome will need to work hard even to take the third place position from Safari, which has the huge advantage of being pre-installed on all Macs. Chrome got a jump-start due to the well-known Google name, but to continue to attract and keep users you need a quality product. That's how Firefox has succeeded. They'll need to outfox the fox to beat Firefox.

I really want them to fix "One screen at a time" scrolling. Safari has exactly the same problem too, so I doubt they'll ever fix it.

CHROme will never reach no . 1 . it will remain at no.3 for long and then move to no . 2 .

Chrome will never reach no. 3. It is disappearing already from statistics, like Google Desktop has disappeared after initial success. Both are good ideas and come from a company with lots of potential, but somehow their software products don't last.

Personally I don't have much against Google Chrome. In fast machines it works like a charm. The interface (and the feature set) is an absolute winner for dumbusers (who are maybe about 90% of the Internet market). Plus the product's success would mean a foothold for KHTML under Windows, which I have been waiting for - Safari for Windows was a disappointment.

Chrome is dropping because it had a big jump on the first day due to Google's popularity. It can't be competitive yet because it's the first public release; it's surely still fairly buggy. I would expect as people use it and report bugs, it will be better to use and more users will use it. It would be very shortsighted to say Chrome's usage has already peaked.

Google Desktop probably isn't popular simply because most users don't feel the need for a desktop search product. Nearly everyone needs a browser, however. The popularity of Firefox demonstrates clearly that a significant percentage of users will opt for a browser that was not pre-installed on their system. Chrome could potentially beat Firefox if it's a better browser. I would say the same thing I said to Mozilla fanboys many years ago: expect a long, slow climb.

yes chrome is just beta and has not definitely peaked yet...

I really like Chrome for a few minutes, until I get to site with flash. It gets a real lags there... But it really done perfectly with javascript sites. But note, it still early beta.

There's a new version of Chrome just released a few days ago (Chrome 0.3.154). To use it, you need to change the Chrome update to the dev trunk:

http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/

It fixes a number of the bugs and flash issues people are having.

It is currently fourth place behind IE, Firefox and Safari.
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=0

I do not think that Chrome is a threat to FF. It it does become a threat to it then it will be in a few years. And in that time the FF development must really suck for chrome to stand a chance. Many people to convert to FF stay with it. However, it will cut the share that IE is currently enjoying and as soon as people become more aware of alternative browsers I think FF and Opera will actually win users. BTW, to those blokes who think that Chrome will not challenge opera, think again. It is Fast like opera, slimmed down like opera and the marketing of Chrome will be much better that opera.

When I started installing it I read the user agreement (my spelling isn't getting better I see ) If you read carefully you see that everything you load upp with crome, Google can take and use as they like (like Facebook). So I can't say how it will go with the browser cause I've never used it.
But I want to say to be carefull to all Crome users.

Originally posted by Viggosen:

When I started installing it I read the user agreement (my spelling isn't getting better I see ) If you read carefully you see that everything you load upp with crome, Google can take and use as they like (like Facebook). So I can't say how it will go with the browser cause I've never used it.

That was just a mistake. They copied and pasted legalese from another Google product, such as Google Apps. They have since removed that part of the EULA from Chrome. I think it's still the case that all your email and all your document belong to Google if you use GMail and Google Apps.

Since its GOOGLE chrome, ma be it comes in top 3 browsers. And still its in BETA....

Anyways, in poll, operafan2006 says IE as top browser.... Are you really sure that its in top browsers!!!!
Better to take chrome instead of IE

FF promises to catch Chrome's JS speed in half-a-year - assuming Chrome devs won't do any optimization during that time.
Chrome'll remain fastest in JS, and steadily gain share from IE via adding features and outing bugs, due to open web apps integration and stability. FF will hold its share due to myriad of extensions people so love. Google grows about 30% / year - Chrome will perform similar after initial rush in and out is over.

Interesting, no-one predicts Opera coming ahead of Chrome desktop, but I think Opera will hold-on its share in the dektop market and grow in small devices market despite incoming Google mobile platform. They risk to loose Google Search contract, if hold on implementing Gears to favor HTML5, thus lacking proper Google apps support. But they've signed exclusive with Yahoo Search for Mini anyway. I predict Opera to concentrate on porting new devices, while rushing to beef up its browser & adding "most requested" features in the oncoming version, including desktop, as revenue from search engines grown and small device hardware specs improved.

Computer users like me tries to use any or all the browsers and they they do not uninstall if its good now, doesnt matter it was not so good earlier or in near future..... Most of my friends are using chrome now.......

Well hi to all, coming to these days in opera forums is almost not possible as i m getting busier, more as the exams come near

Originally posted by arnyq:

Chrome'll remain fastest in JS

Tell that to Carakan.

Chrome seems faster than opera 9.65 and firefox to me.

Originally posted by ABHINAV202020:

Chrome seems faster than opera 9.65 and firefox to me.

Chrome is indeed faster on computers which have resources to waste, but when you try it on any machine where you have to be careful and sparing, you'll find Opera the fastest. The idea to have multiple processes in Chrome works as long as you have only a few tabs open. With many tabs, Chrome will eat up the resources and kill the system much earlier than Firefox.

Also, Chrome's install process is completely untransparent. No way to set the install destination, no way to see the download size, except after the fact. Too late.

Chrome is also a LOT slower using 40-50+ tabs, regardless of the computer I should think. As for the un-transparent install process, it has been dissected to death by bloggers et al so I'd say the info on all that occurs is out there. There's also SRWare Iron which is open-source as far as I'm aware (am I wrong?), or some random 3-rd party builds of Chromium.

I went for number 5 as your first 4 poll options assume IE will remain number 1. As cynical as I usually am, we still have to remember that IE had 3% usage just 13 years ago. Nothing lasts forever.

For people who just want a safe, fast, and stable browser the chrome is a valid choice. There's no getting around it. Chrome is fast, maybe faster than Opera and will definitely be faster than most browsers out there as time goes on. Not to mention safe. the whole java sandbox scheme proved unbreakable so far.

If there's one thing that can boggle chrome down it would be the ridiculous memory/processor load. Having bunch of tabs open in chrome overnight can really slow down your computer, and I'm talking about fully spec'd modern laptop. Opera pretty much trumps almost any other major browser on that regard I think.

Perhaps Chrome will somehow tie in with Google's Android OS. Google claims that Chrome is a demo browser to show what a browser can do. There were privacy issues with the initial release, until Google rewrote the eula. It is not a good idea to have your email, search engine, browser and OS all from the same company, too many commercial opportunities for Google to exploit, or once one part is compromised by hackers all is lost, if only one companies software is used.

I tried Chrome for a week back in September when it first came out. It has nothing going for it other than being fast. If Google eventually keeps adding features to make it competetive, it will slow down to the same speed as the rest. Talk about a blah app.