Comments on: Prediction: Google Chrome Will Be Bigger Than Firefox by Christmas

By: Is Google Chrome Really a Success? | Technically Personal!

Is Google Chrome Really a Success? | Technically Personal! — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:07:09 +0000

[...] some others predicted death of Internet Explorer and end of Mozilla Firefox!! Few others openly came out with statements like “Google Chrome will be bigger than Firefox by Christmas”! Personally I was unsure [...]

By: How to Optimize for Google Chrome | Best SEO Plan

How to Optimize for Google Chrome | Best SEO Plan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:34 +0000

[...] the predictions that soon Google Chrome will be bigger than FireFox turn true, SEOs should seriously think about making websites as Chrome-friendly as they [...]

By: google chrome

google chrome — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:49:32 +0000

I’m totally rooting for Google Chrome. I think it has or had the chance because it’s so functional. Only thing holding it back was the lack of plugins. But Google removed the download link from their homepage!! Grr…. Oh well, hope your prediction comes true but without a download link, might be hard for those not familiar with Chrome to find it.

By: Kenneth Dreyer

Kenneth Dreyer — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:15:35 +0000

I wrote a post as a respond to this, but I’m not sure if I got the trackback right. Anyway, here it is: http://kennethdreyer.com/google-chromes-shares-among-webmasters/

By: How to Optimize for Google Chrome

How to Optimize for Google Chrome — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:41:18 +0000

[...] If the predictions that soon Google Chrome will be bigger than FireFox turn true, SEOs should seriously think about making websites as Chrome-friendly as they [...]

By: Nomadgraphs » My Top Firefox addons (Linux, Web design)

Nomadgraphs » My Top Firefox addons (Linux, Web design) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:13:26 +0000

[...] for Firefox extensions, to develop a lot of addons takes year, so I don’t think “Google Chrome Will Be Bigger Than Firefox by Christmas” and you? digg_bgcolor = ‘transparent’; digg_skin = ‘compact’; digg_window = ‘new’; [...]

By: Andre Thomas

Andre Thomas — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:19:16 +0000

I think someday it Chrome will be a serious competitor of Firefox… or maybe even overtake them. But by Christmas? No way… at least I don’t think so. That would be too awesome for Google!

By: Ernest

Ernest — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:01:04 +0000

The superior Javascript rendering has given the common Google apps (maps, gmail etc) a nice boost. Opera always used to struggle with Maps. Although I have mouse gesture withdrawals and I still return to Firefox for the Firebug tool. I can only see a small percentage of people feeling that sort of effect and maybe Chrome is the vehicle to carry these sorts of enhancements to the masses?

The real question is – if they achieve the market share of Firefox so quickly, where will they grab this from? Will we see a decrease in IE7 (obviously we all want less IE6 – wishful thinking). Or will Opera, Safari and Firefox suffer? I suspect Chrome has the best chance of any to overturn the concept of “the blue E is the internet”. But can this actually be turned into “the blue G”. I wouldn’t put it past them.

Mind you, they could do with a bit of time to concentrate on their ‘eff-ing’ search algorithm!!!

By: jon bradford

jon bradford — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:14:26 +0000

It is interesting to note that the greatest proportion of the comments are related to extensions rather than some other philosophical reason.

Given that extensions are used only by a relatively small proportion of internet users and the predominance of the download on the Google homepage, they appears are initially interested in the “great unwashed” (i.e. the average user).

By: Ady Berry

Ady Berry — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:06:14 +0000

Got to admit it’s great for checking my webmaster tools and Google analytics – superfast but with no SEOQuake, Fireshot, Firebug or Web Developer it’s not a viable choice yet for my every day work.