Google has updated their Chrome browser this week towards a stable version 3.0, and also announced that an official Mac version will be obtainable before the end of the year.
Chrome has been on the market for about one year now, and it has seen quick upgrades, mostly speed tweaks as well as compatibility updates. In contrast, Mozilla Firefox has been approximately for over five years and is currently in working version 3.5.
The browser market is still subjugated by Internet Explorer, which (with combining versions 6, 7, 8), has around 67 percent market share. Firefox, Chrome as well as Safari have been taking share gradually however, and IE's share has ruined from 95 percent in 2003. Chrome currently has just fewer than 3 percent market share.
"If at the two-year birthday we are not at least 5 percent in market share, I will be extremely disappointed. And if at the three year birthday we are not at 10 percent, I will be extremely disappointed," says Chrome Engineering Director Linus Upson.
In spite of his public goals, Upson says Google's internal goals are even steeper.
In addition the standard speed tweaks and interface updates, version 3.0 also brings "themes," which will permit users to customize the browser.
One of the most imperative obstacles for Chrome has been merely just breaking into the market. Internet Explorer comes pre-installed in each and every Windows machines, and lots of users simply go on the browser they are well-known with.
In recent times, Google made a deal with Sony to have the Chrome browser pre-installed in a few VAIO laptops. Google says it is planning alike deals with other manufacturers.
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