Google Chrome's First Year

Below is a link to a nice piece from InformationWeek's Mitch Wagner on Google Chrome, which has yet to set the world on fire. I would expect to see Chrome's market share grow as more people adopt Google Apps, but only time will tell.

I've had trouble using IE 8 and have pretty much abandoned it for my own use after using it exclusively for years. Now I use Chrome as my primary browser and Firefox for the apps and sites that are not yet Chrome compatible. IE 8 is pretty much reserved for the Microsoft sites.

Being the technological mercenary that I am, I'll have no problem sticking with Microsoft if their products work for the right price. But as of now Chrome and Firefox are working out better.

On-Site Technical Solutions does not have a formal policy on browsers, but we do recommend Chrome for use with Google Apps. It's noticeably quicker than the other browsers.

Microsoft's strategy with Office 2010 and it's web components may also have an impact on Chrome's popularity - we'll see if that's true soon enough.

Here's the Mitch Wagner piece, Google Chrome's First Year.

Of course, market share ins't written in stone, either, as noted in this July entry from Matt Asay at CNET, IE market share plummeting! (Or is it?).

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