Comments on: Chrome may be great, but will it matter? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/02/chrome-may-be-great-but-will-it-matter/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Daniel Gibbons http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/02/chrome-may-be-great-but-will-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-374776 Daniel Gibbons Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:35:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2621#comment-374776 Hank Williams doesn't say that IE6 is still working fine for most people. He says it truly sucks, but tragically has 25% of the OS market. The truth is most people don't know how to install a new browser on their PC, and in my direct experience many people don't actually know what Firefox is (not joking). These are the people who, through no fault of their own, simply think that computers utterly suck and make their lives more miserable than happy, and that's the only way things are.<br><br>It's such a travesty that Microsoft has not only inflicted such a dreadful user experience on the majority, but also conditioned them to think it's tolerable and normal. Hank Williams doesn't say that IE6 is still working fine for most people. He says it truly sucks, but tragically has 25% of the OS market. The truth is most people don't know how to install a new browser on their PC, and in my direct experience many people don't actually know what Firefox is (not joking). These are the people who, through no fault of their own, simply think that computers utterly suck and make their lives more miserable than happy, and that's the only way things are.

It's such a travesty that Microsoft has not only inflicted such a dreadful user experience on the majority, but also conditioned them to think it's tolerable and normal.

]]> By: roland http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/02/chrome-may-be-great-but-will-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-374775 roland Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:11:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2621#comment-374775 multiple open source products all working together in a usable fashion is a great vision! now if only google would open source all of their stuff :-) ! multiple open source products all working together in a usable fashion is a great vision! now if only google would open source all of their stuff :-) !

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/02/chrome-may-be-great-but-will-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-374774 mathewi Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:19:09 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2621#comment-374774 That's a good analogy, Jim. It does seem as though Google wants to<br>control many different aspects of how we experience the Web --<br>including things like Android -- in much the same way Apple wants<br>hardware and software to work together to offer a single user<br>experience. At least Google is making an attempt to keep things open<br>source though. That's a good analogy, Jim. It does seem as though Google wants to
control many different aspects of how we experience the Web –
including things like Android — in much the same way Apple wants
hardware and software to work together to offer a single user
experience. At least Google is making an attempt to keep things open
source though.

]]> By: JimAtJaxtr http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/02/chrome-may-be-great-but-will-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-374773 JimAtJaxtr Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:56:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2621#comment-374773 Interesting thoughts. What Google is doing seems to be along the lines of Apple methodology--just the concept of having multiple products all working seamlessly together. So they keep gathering more and more pieces to draw in different segments of people. Short term, I don't think Chrome really dents the market, but longterm, it may be a different scenario as Google continues to prove the value and functionality of its products to different groups of people over time. Interesting thoughts. What Google is doing seems to be along the lines of Apple methodology–just the concept of having multiple products all working seamlessly together. So they keep gathering more and more pieces to draw in different segments of people. Short term, I don't think Chrome really dents the market, but longterm, it may be a different scenario as Google continues to prove the value and functionality of its products to different groups of people over time.

]]> By: Daniel Gibbons http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/09/02/chrome-may-be-great-but-will-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-339166 Daniel Gibbons Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:35:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2621#comment-339166 Hank Williams doesn't say that IE6 is still working fine for most people. He says it truly sucks, but tragically has 25% of the OS market. The truth is most people don't know how to install a new browser on their PC, and in my direct experience many people don't actually know what Firefox is (not joking). These are the people who, through no fault of their own, simply think that computers utterly suck and make their lives more miserable than happy, and that's the only way things are.<br><br>It's such a travesty that Microsoft has not only inflicted such a dreadful user experience on the majority, but also conditioned them to think it's tolerable and normal. Hank Williams doesn't say that IE6 is still working fine for most people. He says it truly sucks, but tragically has 25% of the OS market. The truth is most people don't know how to install a new browser on their PC, and in my direct experience many people don't actually know what Firefox is (not joking). These are the people who, through no fault of their own, simply think that computers utterly suck and make their lives more miserable than happy, and that's the only way things are.

It's such a travesty that Microsoft has not only inflicted such a dreadful user experience on the majority, but also conditioned them to think it's tolerable and normal.

]]>