Google's Chrome Web browser rallied to 7.5 percent market share in August after sliding to 7.1 percent in July, according to Net Applications. IE, Firefox and Safari held the line.
Google's Chrome Web browser bounced back from a down July with a new high of
7.5 percent market share, according to the latest data from
Net Applications.
Microsoft Internet Explorer continued to pace the market, with a 60.4
percent share, a dip from 60.7 percent in July.
Mozilla Firefox matched its July share with 22.9 percent, while Apple Safari
crept up to 5.1 percent from 5 percent the prior month.
With its 7.5 percent share, Chrome boasted the biggest gain after slipping
to 7.1 percent in July from 7.2 percent in June.
That's good news for a Web browser whose innovation pace Google is looking
to pick up by
accelerating times between builds.
Google earlier this month
launched Chrome 6 to beta with autofill functionality and
other features, some of them cosmetic.
The company is prepping the browser as the key portal point for netbooks
based on
Google's Chrome Operating System.
Chrome OS is a Web operating system geared to accelerate the boot process in
computers. Users will access Web applications through the Chrome Web browser on
Chrome OS machines, which will not have local storage.
Chrome OS netbooks are slated to reach retail shelves in the next couple of
months in time for the holiday sales cycle.
It's also possible
Chrome OS tablets are in the works after Apple
successfully brought that form factor to the public's attention with the
introduction of the iPad.
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