While it's early days yet, a quick look at browser usage stats shows Google's Chrome browser appears to have dented Firefox market share rather than that of Internet Explorer. Industry feeling is Chrome was intended to compete with the Microsoft browser, rather than Firefox or Opera, et al. You live by the early adopters, you die by the early adopters?

I have a confession to make. I have not yet downloaded and installed Google's Chrome browser. Shame on me. I've been tuning into the excited babble coming out of various discussions forums and Twitter in recent days, but I still can't motivate myself to "make the switch". I realise that this stance places my reputation as an "early adopter", such that it is, on the line, but my question is ... Read full entry

Jeffrey Zeldman asks: how will the Google browser, Chrome, compete with other, better established alternatives? In other words, how will web users be enticed to make the switch to Chrome? By offering a fast and responsive user experience? Or possibly some yet to be seen bells and whistles that can only be brought about by way of proprietary technology? To compete with Microsoft, the new browser must offer what other ... Read full entry