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You're trying Chrome, but no switch just yet; others hit equally
Vincent Alzieu
September 18, 2008 4:34 PM
September 18, 2008 4:34 PM
Google's own brower Chrome generated a lot of excitement last week it was launched, and as we reported here, a suprising number of you tried it out on the very first day it was available.
Right now, though, it seems that only half of those who tried on Day 1 are still using it. Here's how DigitalVersus.com's users broke down by browser last week:
These figures make for an intereseting comparison with those from the end of August, just before Chrome landed. Note that while Opera was the sixth most popular browser and therefore took the light blue slice of the pie chart back then, it has since had to make way for Chrome and has been relegated to purple in the chart above ...
As you can see, though, the users that Chrome has attracted have come from all of the big browers: both Firefox and IE are down on their pre-Chrome figures.
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Right now, though, it seems that only half of those who tried on Day 1 are still using it. Here's how DigitalVersus.com's users broke down by browser last week:
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These figures make for an intereseting comparison with those from the end of August, just before Chrome landed. Note that while Opera was the sixth most popular browser and therefore took the light blue slice of the pie chart back then, it has since had to make way for Chrome and has been relegated to purple in the chart above ...
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As you can see, though, the users that Chrome has attracted have come from all of the big browers: both Firefox and IE are down on their pre-Chrome figures.
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