Chrome Beats Internet Explorer -- Is it a Sign?

Chrome Beats Internet Explorer -- Is it a Sign? | PCWorld

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The news that Google's Chrome browser had briefly surpassed Internet Explorer, based on data compiled by StatCounter, as the most-used on the web last weekend may have taken some by surprise, but this writing has been on the wall for some time.

Since its public release in late 2008, Chrome has quickly begun to supplant Mozilla Firefox as the leading alternative to IE, which as recently as mid-2007 commanded fully two-thirds of the browser marketplace, according to statistics from W3Counter.

Nevertheless, there are some clear caveats to Chrome's achievement. For one thing, the browser's pre-loading of web pages based on search results is interpreted by some measurements as a page view, inflating its apparent usage totals.

Additionally, the timing of Chrome's apparent passage of IE is significant, with ZDNet blogger Zack Whittaker noting that differences between home and work browser use likely favor Microsoft's program. (Whittaker also pointed out that Firefox and Chrome have both surpassed IE in the European market.)

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While there were factors mitigating the scale of the victory won by Chrome, however, there were also obstacles for it to overcome. Google recently penalized the browser's search engine rankings after admitting that paid links were used to boost its visibility. This slowed Chrome's market share growth, but clearly did not halt it.

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IE is tightly integrated into the Windows OS. So much so, in fact, that the kind of innovation found in other browsers (Firefox, Opera, Chrome, etc.) could ultimately be impossible to implement natively without negatively affecting the OS itself. That alone will hold IE back without even taking into account its other failings.

People will still be using ie no matter what.What do you think people will use when metro first hits the tablets ? Firefox ? I doubt they will have a working build by then.

Windows is the most widely used OS, and I guess, many people are least bothered about the type of browser they use. They will stick to IE. In fact, of most of the people I know, not many are too much into software and are happy to use whatever is loaded on their Desktops, which is IE, by default. I regularly see people still using IE 5.5 and 6.0! They dont even know much progress is made and much newer versions are around!
Though, of course, personally, I use Firefox or Chrome, and the only time I open IE is to check whether my website looks correct or not, and is any code changing needed.