Have they released Chrome for mac yet by the way?

I would not say it flopped, it's the 4th most used browser today. That's not a flop. And even though 1% doesn't sound like a lot, it's a really huge number of people out there using the Chrome browser.

Yeah. I remember having web classes waaay back. My instructor's pet peeve was that IE (then, I dunno now) wasn't W3C standard compliant, yet web devs would optimize their sites for IE because it's the most used.

So what is a standard? The one brought forth by a governing body and/or standards commitee? Or the one used by the majority?

The same issue can also be attributed to Microsoft compilers.

Ya, I have the same issue, while I do my development in Firefox, I have to optimize designs and make sure they work properly in IE6+ since it's still the overwhelming majority choice for browsers at present. I just wish that I could get some of the development and debugging tools for IE that Firefox has.

I wonder if one of the reasons for slow adoption of Chrome has something to do with the fact that the people that are more likely to drop a browser in favor in the other (usually IE dropped for FF) already did change and are not willing to change again.

I tested Chrome and I liked it but the plug-ins for FF are what makes me not want to change. I dropped IE since the first beta of Netscape Communicator came out in 1997 with the tabbed browsing. I got addicted to it. If Chrome gets good plug-ins such as NoScript and Flashblock, I will seriously consider it.

im using chrome and I like it

There are fewer issues now that Front Page extensions are a thing of the past however, I do not write FOR IE; I attempt to create sites that are compatible with all browsers but I won't write anything that doesn't work in IE simply because 85% of my site visitors will be using it. That doesn't imply any endorsement on my part, just a reality. A site that doesn't function optimally for 85% of its users is pretty damn useless.

its funny.. the difference between me using firefox addons or using addon-less chrome was surprisingly simple.. chrome starts up in half a second, firefox takes 3 seconds to start.. call me an idiot but that is more than enough for me to use chrome

Wow. So many people use Internet Explorer still? I am a huge MS fanboy as I have stated numerous times. I'm willing to pay for Windows, I own a Zune, and my love my 360. I'd buy a MS phone if they made one. But you know what? IE sucks compared to Fire Fox. Fire Fox is every bit more secure and faster and has come a long way over the last few years. I'm surprised Firefox isn't higher up there.

What's up with Safari? I didn't even know it was used outside of the IPhone. I'm browsing on my G1 which I think uses Chrome but I could be wrong.

Damn Netscape has fallen over the years to. I use to use that over IE back in the Warcraft 2 days.

I use Chrome on my PC and Safari on my Mac. I migrated from Firefox simply due to the speed issue. JS/AJAX performance is 5x-10x faster.