Google Crome shoots at IE, accidently hits Firefox
I don’t think it’s a band thing that Google has decided to jump into the browser arena. But I wonder if it’s going to make much of a dint in IE?
The people who are still using IE are comprised of three primary categories. People who genuinely like the Microsoft browser, people who just don’t care enough to switch, and people who ask “what’s a browser?”
There isn’t much of an opportunity for Crome in any of those categories. Instead, the users who are technical enough to switch browsers are already using Firefox and will be the ones willing to try Crome.
Microsoft’s IE will continue to decline at roughly the same rate simply because Microsoft is a declining company. Google Crome will grow at the expense of Firefox, and Safari will grow at the same rate as the sale of Macs.
As a total percentage, desktop web browsers will shrink in market share as mobile devices such as the iPhone continue to gain in popularity. If Google releases a version of Crome for their Andriod platform then it will see significant growth in that area.
