September 3, 2009 at 15:14First year results
“Yesterday Google announced the Chrome browser, and almost immediately gave users the opportunity to try it out on Windows XP and Vista. In a relatively short testing time, Chrome proved to be not only one of the fastest browsers, but actually the best of them, ” - such a topic appeared on Habr a year ago, it scored 146 points and received 652 comments.
September 1, 2008, the release of Google Chrome became an enchanting event. The de facto browser set new standards for other developers, in addition, it became the first product in the history of the software industry, which was presented in the form of a comic book .
It’s very interesting to remember what questionsinterested the public a year ago in connection with the advent of Google Chrome, and how they can be answered now. Oh, how naive people were!
For example, how much percent of the market will Chrome take? We fantasized about 10%, 20% and even 30%. The growth rate in the early days was simply fantastic. But the reality turned out to be much more modest: about 2.9% at the moment, a little more on IT sites like Habr.
Then everyone was worried if Google would stop supporting Firefox. So it turned out, support was almost completely discontinued.
We thought how aggressively Google would advertise its browser, including in search results. Now we see that the fears were in vain. Advertising is not as aggressive and annoying as we were afraid.
There were concerns that Google would include Chrome in the Google Toolbar distribution. To Google’s credit, it didn’t follow Apple’s shameful example .
We reasoned that Google could optimize the code of Gmail and other services so that it would be executed most quickly in Chrome. Well, these fears partially came true. At one time, Google really stated that Gmail "works best in Chrome." But there is hardly a place for some conspiracy theories. Most likely, in Chrome, the standard Ajax scripts are actually the fastest to execute.
However, many questions remained unanswered even a year later. We still don’t understand how seriously Google is promoting its own browser. Why is the Mac version still not in beta? Are there any prospects for a separate browser in the light of the release of Chrome OS? Probably, to understand all this, you will have to wait more than one year.
September 1, 2008, the release of Google Chrome became an enchanting event. The de facto browser set new standards for other developers, in addition, it became the first product in the history of the software industry, which was presented in the form of a comic book .
It’s very interesting to remember what questionsinterested the public a year ago in connection with the advent of Google Chrome, and how they can be answered now. Oh, how naive people were!
For example, how much percent of the market will Chrome take? We fantasized about 10%, 20% and even 30%. The growth rate in the early days was simply fantastic. But the reality turned out to be much more modest: about 2.9% at the moment, a little more on IT sites like Habr.
Then everyone was worried if Google would stop supporting Firefox. So it turned out, support was almost completely discontinued.
We thought how aggressively Google would advertise its browser, including in search results. Now we see that the fears were in vain. Advertising is not as aggressive and annoying as we were afraid.
There were concerns that Google would include Chrome in the Google Toolbar distribution. To Google’s credit, it didn’t follow Apple’s shameful example .
We reasoned that Google could optimize the code of Gmail and other services so that it would be executed most quickly in Chrome. Well, these fears partially came true. At one time, Google really stated that Gmail "works best in Chrome." But there is hardly a place for some conspiracy theories. Most likely, in Chrome, the standard Ajax scripts are actually the fastest to execute.
However, many questions remained unanswered even a year later. We still don’t understand how seriously Google is promoting its own browser. Why is the Mac version still not in beta? Are there any prospects for a separate browser in the light of the release of Chrome OS? Probably, to understand all this, you will have to wait more than one year.