Now it seems that browser war flared up again. In less than two years, Google Chrome has gone from being a single trial with no market share to become the third major browser.
On the podium
According to new figures from research company Net Applications Google Chrome took 7.24 percent of the market during the month of June and is now the third largest browser - behind Firefox and Internet Explorer.
- The browser is a very important market, where it plays a central role in driving traffic to other services on the Internet, "said Sheri McLeish in analyselskapet Forrester Research to Wall Street Journal.
Google Chrome is increasing its market share in a fast pace, while Firefox has stopped. It has led many analysts to speculate whether Firefox can maintain the current market share of 23.8 percent.
According to Blake Ross was with and started Firefox, but now one of the bosses in Facebook, it says there is doubtful if Firefox can win the ongoing browser war.
Mobile devices
While Firefox's market share has stagnated try Google to expand in multiple verticals. Google Chrome is now the default browser on all Android telephones, and will also be on Google's upcoming operating system for notebook computers, OS Chrome.
- Competition always gives us impetus to create the products our customers want, "said Ryan Gavin, director of Microsoft Internet Explorer to the U.S. business newspaper.
According to Google Chrome Development, Sundar Pichai, Google and Mozilla, have the same goal. The competition between the two companies, according to him friendly, and Google has long given its support to Mozilla.
Mozilla's biggest revenue also comes from the Google page Firefox comes with Google as default search engine. The contract between Google and Firefox will go out next year and it is not known whether the cooperation will continue.
