{"id":27162,"date":"2012-03-19T08:53:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T14:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/19\/chrome-passes-up-ie-briefly.html"},"modified":"2012-03-19T08:53:51","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T14:53:51","slug":"chrome-passes-up-ie-briefly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/19\/chrome-passes-up-ie-briefly.html","title":{"rendered":"Chrome passes up IE (briefly)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Very cool. It was just one weekend day (so far), but the trend is certainly there. And further extrapolating from the graph, I'd say the delta is at workplaces — the percent of IE users drops on the weekend.<\/p>\n

And I'd say it's a good thing we have three significant browsers out there in the market (as well as a few others with low shares but an incentive to "try harder"). As we saw back in the IE4 days, monopoly breeds technological stagnation, which isn't good for anyone. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +William Chan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/10201\/business\/in-historic-event-chrome-surpasses-ie-market-share<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn Historic Event, Chrome Surpasses IE Market Share | ConceivablyTech<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChrome exceeded Internet Explorer Market Share for the first time on Sunday. Google's browser is the first browser to take the crown of the most popular web browser in more than 13 years.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Very cool. It was just one weekend day (so far), but the trend is certainly there. And further extrapolating from the graph, I'd say the delta is at workplaces — the percent of IE users drops on the weekend. 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