of chrome and compare it with the quality of its rivals. To do so we downloaded all the
versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer that were released over a period of
five years, and compared them using a set of benchmarks which together provide a rather
comprehensive coverage of browser functionality and features. As far as we know our work
is by far the widest study of its kind.
In a nutshell, we find that Chrome is indeed technically superior to other browsers
according to most commonly-used benchmarks, and has maintained this superiority
throughout its existence. Also, based on a survey of 254 users, the features pioneered by
Chrome ahead of its competitors tend to be those that the users consider more important.
Thus Chrome’s rise to dominance is consistent with technical superiority. However, one
cannot rule out the large effect of the Google brand and the marketing effort that was invested as factors that contributed greatly to the realization of Chrome’s technical potential
versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer that were released over a period of
five years, and compared them using a set of benchmarks which together provide a rather
comprehensive coverage of browser functionality and features. As far as we know our work
is by far the widest study of its kind.
In a nutshell, we find that Chrome is indeed technically superior to other browsers
according to most commonly-used benchmarks, and has maintained this superiority
throughout its existence. Also, based on a survey of 254 users, the features pioneered by
Chrome ahead of its competitors tend to be those that the users consider more important.
Thus Chrome’s rise to dominance is consistent with technical superiority. However, one
cannot rule out the large effect of the Google brand and the marketing effort that was invested as factors that contributed greatly to the realization of Chrome’s technical potential
of chrome and compare it with the quality of its rivals. To do so we downloaded all the
versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer that were released over a period of
five years, and compared them using a set of benchmarks which together provide a rather
comprehensive coverage of browser functionality and features. As far as we know our work
is by far the widest study of its kind.
In a nutshell, we find that Chrome is indeed technically superior to other browsers
according to most commonly-used benchmarks, and has maintained this superiority
throughout its existence. Also, based on a survey of 254 users, the features pioneered by
Chrome ahead of its competitors tend to be those that the users consider more important.
Thus Chrome’s rise to dominance is consistent with technical superiority. However, one
cannot rule out the large effect of the Google brand and the marketing effort that was invested as factors that contributed greatly to the realization of Chrome’s technical potential
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