Results of the first year
“Yesterday, Google announced the Chrome browser, and almost immediately provided an opportunity for Windows XP and Vista users to try it out. In a relatively short time of testing, Chrome has proved to be not only one of the fastest browsers, but actually the best one of them ” , - this topic appeared on Habré a year ago, it scored 146 points and received 652 comments.
On September 1, 2008, Google Chrome's launch was an enchanting event. The de facto browser set new standards for other developers, and it also became the first product in the history of the software industry, which was presented in the form of a comic book .
It is very interesting to remember what questions the public was interested in a year ago in connection with the advent of Google Chrome, and how they can be answered now. Oh, how naive people were!
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For example, how many percent of the market will Chrome take? We fantasized about 10%, 20% and even 30%. The growth rate in the early days was just fantastic. But the reality was much more modest: about 2.9% at the moment, a little more on IT sites like Habr.
Then everyone was worried about whether 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 argued that Google could optimize the code for Gmail and other services so that it would be the fastest to execute in Chrome. Well, these fears were partially justified. At one time, Google really stated that Gmail "works fastest in Chrome." But there is hardly any room for any conspiracy theories. Most likely, standard Ajax scripts are actually the fastest to run in Chrome.
However, many questions remained unanswered even a year later. We still do not understand how serious Google is related to the promotion of its own browser. Why is the Mac version still not out of beta? Are there prospects for a separate browser in light of the release of Chrome OS? Probably, to understand all this, you will have to wait more than one year.
On September 1, 2008, Google Chrome's launch was an enchanting event. The de facto browser set new standards for other developers, and it also became the first product in the history of the software industry, which was presented in the form of a comic book .
It is very interesting to remember what questions the public was interested in 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 many percent of the market will Chrome take? We fantasized about 10%, 20% and even 30%. The growth rate in the early days was just fantastic. But the reality was much more modest: about 2.9% at the moment, a little more on IT sites like Habr.
Then everyone was worried about whether 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 argued that Google could optimize the code for Gmail and other services so that it would be the fastest to execute in Chrome. Well, these fears were partially justified. At one time, Google really stated that Gmail "works fastest in Chrome." But there is hardly any room for any conspiracy theories. Most likely, standard Ajax scripts are actually the fastest to run in Chrome.
However, many questions remained unanswered even a year later. We still do not understand how serious Google is related to the promotion of its own browser. Why is the Mac version still not out of beta? Are there prospects for a separate browser in light of the release of Chrome OS? Probably, to understand all this, you will have to wait more than one year.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/68665/
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