Chrome overtakes IE as the No.1 browser

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Chrome surpassed Internet Explorer as the leading global web browser by May 2012, according to StartCounter data. Chrome captured 33% of the market, narrowly exceeding IE's 32%, with Firefox trailing at 25%. The upcoming release of IE10 alongside Windows 8 could potentially reverse this trend, given its reported performance improvements and enhanced HTML5 support. Conversely, Firefox faces challenges and may need to introduce innovative features to maintain its user base.

According to data from market research company StartCounter, by May 2012, Chrome has overtakes IE as the No. 1 web browser globally. Firefox and Safari is following IE to be 3rd and 4th most popular web browser.

In May, market share of Chrome is 33%, while IE only gets 32%. Firefox is slowly dropping, which has a share of 25%. 

However, with release date of Windows 8 approaching, IE 10 will also be shipped with Win8, at that time, the number of users who use IE may increase because according to some testings, IE10's performance is satisfying and it also has relative good HTML5 support. However for Firefox, it may get in trouble if it cannot provide users some new and useful features.

For more information about the market share of all web browsers, please visit : http://gs.statcounter.com/

Reference : http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2012-05-21/15157141465.shtml

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