Chrome now most popular browser in the world

The king is dead, long live the king. According to statcounter.com, last week Chrome passed IE as the most popular browser in the world. And there was much rejoicing in the streets.

This is a great thing for HTML5 Game Development (and particular WebGL support) Graph below.

(Originally reported by Global Nerdy Blogger )

…Or not response from microsoft on how StatCounter is over-counting Chrome pre-renders.

Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Browser Market Share


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