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I haven't paid close attention to browser piecharts orpercent usage spreadsheets since the late 1990s, when Microsoft and Netscape were slugging it out and some of us were still usingNavigator's "Netscape Composer" WYSIWYG HTMLeditor to cobble together rudimentary web pages (guilty as charged,and "rudimentary" would be a kindness). InternetExplorer has been tops pretty much since — distantlythreatened by Firefox when Mozilla rolled it out in 2004, butholding the lion's share of the market for what seems likeeternity. Until now — or, if we trust web traffic analysis outfit StatCounter's numbers , until week 20 of 2012 (between May 14-20), when Google'sChrome browser slipped ahead of Internet Explorer to grab the topglobal browser usage spot and hold it. ( MORE: Browser Wars on iOS? Seems Unlikely ) StatCounter's figures date back to mid-2008, and if you sort by the total range , you can see the market dominated by Internet Explorer (over 65%usage) at the outset, with Firefox accounting for most of theremainder and everyone else (Chrome, Safari, Opera , etc.) barely registering. The story there forward is one ofIE's gradual decline to less than half of its mid-2008audience, Firefox holding steady (averaging about 30%) and GoogleChrome steadily rising from nothing (it was first released inSeptember 2008) to surpass Internet Explorer just a few weeks ago. While it's not quite a double rainbow for Google —StatCounter showed the company's Android Robot web browser briefly bypassed Opera as the most popular mobile web portal in February 2012, butit's since surrendered that lead back to Opera — it illustrates how far the company's come on bothmobile and traditional platforms since starting from zero in late2008. Chrome technically slipped ahead of Internet Explorer for the firsttime back in March 2012, according to StatCounter, but only for a day . The two browsers have been dueling since, with IE narrowlyleading. Last week was the first time Chrome moved into poleposition and held the spot. Bear in mind that these numbers areonly general indices of how usage is trending, not precise marketmeasurements, and I'd wager the two browsers will tradeplaces several times in the coming months — whether Mayregisters as the first month Chrome reigns supreme remains to beseen. Don't worry, we won't pester you with weekly updates ofwho's on top, since the race is neck-and-neck (and looking tostay that way). That, and this sort of number nitpicking mattersfar less today than it did a decade ago. Many of us live in amulti-browser world anyway, running Safari and Chrome or IE andFirefox simultaneously, going to one for the things it does wellwhile invoking the other when we need to access different featuresor a web page isn't working. For instance, I use Safari themost because of the way it handles RSS bookmark updates (inlinenumbers next to the category, no funky plugins), but I'lloften load Chrome to counter a badly behaving page inCupertino's browser. [via TheNextWeb ] MORE: Become Fluent with Language Immersion for Google Chrome. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Time Attendance Access Control System , Intelligent Door Locks Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Intelligent Door Locks.
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