The internet browser has been around for some time, it all started back in 1994 when Mosaic was launched which eventually took the name most are familiar with, Netscape. Over the years there have been many companies that have tried and some have even succeeded at launching their own version of this original web browser. Today the market is made up by a few key browsers -Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Safari, Opera and the newcomer Chrome by Google.
The order of the browsers above is also in order of their market share, things are changing and in some cases quite rapidly in this department however. Over the years Microsoft who owns IE has despite having the browser automatically installed on just about every PC sold has been losing market share to Firefox. There are many reasons why their market share is dropping Firefox is faster, more reliable and at the end of the day has way more features that many in the computing world just love. Firefox has a system that allows developers to build applications called add on's, this by itself has really set Firefox apart from the crowd and is why they have a 33% market share and it's growing. Growing against one of the largest and most powerful companies on the planet, Microsoft. No small feat for a small company.
Now enter Google Chrome which was launched in 2008 and already has 2% of the market and it's growing. So what is so great about Chrome? First of it's really, really fast, Chrome is 75% faster than Firefox. At the end of the day you will see pages load and the browser itself launch much quicker than anything currently available. Chrome also has a rather clever search feature. In one search box you can enter URL's, search Google and your web browsing history.
Here is where things get interesting, there has been some information apparently leaked from within Google that suggests there is another reason entirely for this new browser and one that answers why it was designed to be so fast. Allegedly this is the new platform for Google's new operating system. Imagine an operating system that will run online and offline rather than being a part of your computer you will access most of the systems features online. This also ties in with a growing trend - cloud computing.
Cloud computing in a simplified description is taking data you would normally store on your own computer or network and moving it online. Email was really one of the first forms of cloud computing, think of Hotmail and Gmail. Now take this to the next level and think of Facebook, Flicker and the list goes on. In the future we will rely more on companies like Google and Amazon to store and manage our data. Pictures, music, email, documents and whatever you currently have on your hard drives today will be available anywhere in the world through cloud computing.
It will be interesting to not only see the launch of these new products and operating systems but how the world adopts them and the new companies that will carve their own spot within these emerging markets.
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This article was written by Shawn Wilson, a member of the customer support team at Datepad, where we always offer free internet dating. Datepad has a massive directory of informative free dating articles along with a great list of dating site reviews on our dating blog.
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